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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Onondaga Community College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Onondaga Community College

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

OCC is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 8,545 students attend the school each year.

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.

OCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

OCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at OCC

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

OCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

52% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at OCC are white. Around 55% 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 Onondaga Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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 NY, the home state for Onondaga Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors 110,780 $96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 53,560 $74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers 35,460 $64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 28,530 $58,050
Managers 16,600 $124,160

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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