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Criminal Justice & Police Science at William Rainey Harper College

Criminal Justice & Police Science at William Rainey Harper College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice & police science, you may want to check out the program at William Rainey Harper College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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

29% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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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.

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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

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.

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