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Criminal Justice at Merced College

Criminal Justice at Merced College

If you plan to study criminal justice, take a look at what Merced College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Merced Community College District is located in Merced, California and has a total student population of 10,645.

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.

Merced Community College District Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Merced Community College District Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Merced Community College District

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

Merced Community College District Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

61% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

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Merced Community College District does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 53
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 Merced 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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