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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northern Essex Community College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northern Essex Community College

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

NECC is located in Haverhill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,715.

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.

NECC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

NECC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NECC

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

NECC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

60% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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NECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Northern Essex Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Essex Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 29

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 MA, the home state for Northern Essex Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Accountants and Auditors 35,360 $81,460
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 16,830 $69,870
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 12,340 $48,670
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Managers 8,660 $131,450

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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