Criminal Justice & Police Science at Northwestern Oklahoma State University

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying criminal justice & police science, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NWOSU is located in Alva, Oklahoma and approximately 1,833 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.

NWOSU Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

NWOSU Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at NWOSU 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 NWOSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

NWOSU Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of police science bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% 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 NWOSU since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's in police science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 OK, the home state for Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	7,480	$46,120
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	840	$66,130
Private Detectives and Investigators	300	$42,820
Bailiffs	80	$34,380
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	60	$53,090

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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