Criminal Justice at Mountain Empire Community College

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

MECC is located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and has a total student population of 2,253.

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.

MECC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

MECC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at MECC

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

MECC Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

30% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at MECC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at MECC are white. Around 100% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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

Corrections

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 VA, the home state for Mountain Empire Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120

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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