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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Lake Area Technical Institute

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Lake Area Technical Institute

If you plan to study criminal justice & police science, take a look at what Lake Area Technical Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 & Police Science section at the bottom of this page.

LATI Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

LATI Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at LATI

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

LATI Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

50% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at LATI may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science 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 police science.

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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

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 SD, the home state for Lake Area Technical Institute.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 1,770 $48,550
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 210 $72,050
Private Detectives and Investigators 90 $39,040

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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