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Criminal Justice & Police Science at New England College

Criminal Justice & Police Science at New England College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice & police science, 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 has a total student population of 4,483.

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.

NEC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

NEC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at NEC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Police Science. 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.

Police Science Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

NEC Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of police science bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at NEC since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its police science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 14
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation Jobs in NH Average Salary in NH
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 3,100 $58,120
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 330 $80,370
Private Detectives and Investigators 170 $52,810
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 40 $71,900
Bailiffs 40 $33,000

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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