Criminal Justice & Police Science at Montgomery College

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

Montgomery College is located in Rockville, Maryland and approximately 20,037 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.

Montgomery College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Montgomery College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Montgomery College

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

Montgomery College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

40% Women

70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at Montgomery College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Montgomery College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MD, the home state for Montgomery College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	12,650	$68,230
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	860	$102,370
Bailiffs	570	$41,750
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	170	$81,650

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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