Criminal Justice & Police Science at William Rainey Harper College
Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Police Science section at the bottom of this page.
Harper College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available
- Associate’s Degree in Police Science
Harper College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings
Police Science Student Demographics at Harper College
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at William Rainey Harper College.
Harper College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program
Harper College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in police science.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Related Majors
Careers That Police Science Grads May Go Into
A degree in police science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.
Occupation | Jobs in IL | Average Salary in IL |
---|---|---|
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers | 30,370 | $75,720 |
Detectives and Criminal Investigators | 2,940 | $87,470 |
Bailiffs | 1,550 | $57,220 |
Private Detectives and Investigators | 860 | $60,630 |
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors | 600 | $62,280 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.