Criminal Justice & Police Science at Northwest-Shoals Community College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice & police science, you may want to check out the program at Northwest-Shoals Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NW-SCC is located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and approximately 3,360 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.

NW-SCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at NW-SCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NW-SCC offers distance education options for police science at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

NW-SCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at NW-SCC

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

NW-SCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

67% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at NW-SCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 31% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at NW-SCC are white. Around 89% 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 Northwest-Shoals Community College with a associate's in police science.

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

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 AL, the home state for Northwest-Shoals Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,410	$45,930
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	1,270	$64,750
Private Detectives and Investigators	200	$54,200
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	90	$68,230
Bailiffs	90	$32,460

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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