Criminal Justice at Miami Dade College

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

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 46,523.

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.

MDC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

MDC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at MDC

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

MDC Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

52% Women

91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at MDC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Other Corrections & Criminal Justice

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 FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,030	$68,780

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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