Criminal Justice & Corrections at Lake Area Technical Institute

Every criminal justice & corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Lake Area Technical Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

LATI is located in Watertown, South Dakota and approximately 2,217 students attend the school each year.

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.

LATI Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

LATI Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at LATI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Lake Area Technical Institute.

LATI Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

50% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at LATI are white. Around 86% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lake Area Technical Institute with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lake Area Technical Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science	14

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 SD, the home state for Lake Area Technical Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Accountants and Auditors	4,480	$65,800
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,770	$48,550
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,750	$40,030
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,330	$39,310
Managers	370	$99,030

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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