Criminal Justice & Corrections at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and approximately 4,483 students attend the school each year. Of the 327 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New England College in 2021, 29 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

NEC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NEC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at NEC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at NEC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	60
	159
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	295
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	370
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools	426
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	481
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	625

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from NEC. This makes it the #31 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NEC Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at NEC is $35,436. This is 4% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

NEC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

NEC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from NEC in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at NEC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NEC Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 48 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from NEC in 2021, 77% were men and 23% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	48
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NEC also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Accountants and Auditors	5,300	$72,690
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,100	$58,120
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,110	$47,860
Computer Workers	1,010	$112,440
Managers	950	$123,580

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.