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Criminal Justice at Los Angeles Valley College

Criminal Justice at Los Angeles Valley College

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

LAVC is located in Valley Glen, California and has a total student population of 15,957.

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

LAVC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

LAVC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at LAVC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Los Angeles Valley College.

LAVC Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

64% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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LAVC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 CA, the home state for Los Angeles Valley College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Police and Detective Supervisors 4,950 $154,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,260 $111,240

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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