Criminal Justice & Police Science at Prince George’s Community College

What traits are you looking for in a police science school? To help you decide if Prince George's Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's police science program.

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 & Police Science section at the bottom of this page.

PGCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at PGCC

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? PGCC offers distance education options for police science at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

PGCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at PGCC

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

PGCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

70% Women

87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at PGCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 34% more women than average.

PGCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 42% 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 police science.

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

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

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	12,650	$68,230
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	860	$102,370
Bailiffs	570	$41,750
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	170	$81,650

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*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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