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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Prince George's Community College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Prince George’s Community College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice & corrections, you may want to check out the program at Prince George's Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PGCC is located in Largo, Maryland and has a total student population of 11,357.

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.

PGCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

PGCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at PGCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Prince George’s Community College.

PGCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

70% Women
87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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PGCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Prince George's Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 13

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 MD, the home state for Prince George's Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors 25,020 $82,610
Managers 14,450 $122,050
Computer Workers 13,720 $113,330
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 12,650 $68,230
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6,780 $49,220

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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