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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Housatonic Community College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Housatonic Community College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Housatonic Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Housatonic Community College is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and has a total student population of 3,821.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

Housatonic Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Housatonic Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Housatonic Community College.

Housatonic Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

56% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

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Housatonic Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Housatonic Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 14
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Housatonic Community College.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Accountants and Auditors 14,550 $84,890
Managers 6,590 $129,730
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 6,450 $71,920
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 5,370 $69,520
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3,610 $54,420

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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