Criminal Justice & Police Science at Middlesex County College

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

Middlesex County College is located in Edison, New Jersey and has a total student population of 10,084.

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.

Middlesex County College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Middlesex County College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Middlesex County College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Middlesex County College.

Middlesex County College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

37% Women

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at Middlesex County College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

Middlesex County College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Middlesex County College with a associate's in police science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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 NJ, the home state for Middlesex County College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	19,950	$83,720
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	3,130	$102,600
Private Detectives and Investigators	740	$64,250
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	470	$87,300
Bailiffs	80	$52,490

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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