Criminal Justice & Corrections at Nassau Community College

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

Nassau Community College is located in Garden City, New York and has a total student population of 13,864.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

Nassau Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Nassau Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Nassau Community College

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

Nassau Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

50% Women

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Nassau Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Nassau Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice	171

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 NY, the home state for Nassau Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	53,560	$74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers	35,460	$64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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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