Criminal Justice & Police Science at Northeast Community College

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

Northeast is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and approximately 5,105 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.

Northeast Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at Northeast

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Northeast does offer online education options in police science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

Northeast Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Northeast

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

Northeast Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

38% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at Northeast may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at Northeast are white. Around 58% 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 Northeast Community College with a associate's in police science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Corrections

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 NE, the home state for Northeast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,370	$57,530
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	340	$73,480
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	100	$58,110
Bailiffs	60	$56,390

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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