Criminal Justice & Police Science at Pierpont Community and Technical College

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

Pierpont Community and Technical College is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and approximately 1,613 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.

Pierpont Community and Technical College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Pierpont Community and Technical College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Pierpont Community and Technical College

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

Pierpont Community and Technical College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

71% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at Pierpont Community and Technical College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 36% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at Pierpont Community and Technical College are white. Around 100% 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 Pierpont Community and Technical College with a associate's in police science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
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 WV, the home state for Pierpont Community and Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,460	$43,590
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	170	$86,340
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	70	$43,400
Private Detectives and Investigators	70	$42,290
Bailiffs	30	$28,880

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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