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Criminal Justice Studies at Rio Salado College

If you are interested in studying Criminal Justice Studies, consider the program at Rio Salado College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, AZ.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 23 criminal justice studies degrees were awarded at Rio Salado College.

Studying Online at Rio Salado College

Online coursework is an option at Rio Salado College. Among 18,841 students, 8,147 (43%) studied exclusively online and 552 (3%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Criminal Justice Studies graduates at Rio Salado College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Criminal Justice Studies graduates at Rio Salado College are 74% women (17) and 26% men (6).

Criminal Justice Studies Associate’s Program at Rio Salado College

Of the 17 associate’s criminal justice studies graduates at Rio Salado College, 71% were women (12) and 29% were men (5).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Criminal Justice Studies associate’s degree recipients at Rio Salado College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	8
Hispanic / Latino	6
Black / African American	3

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of Criminal Justice Studies associate’s degree recipients at Rio Salado College, lower than the national average of 53%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Top-Paying Careers for Criminal Justice Studies Graduates

Graduates of the Criminal Justice Studies program at Rio Salado College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Criminal Justice Studies graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Remote Sensing Technicians	$99,834
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$95,957
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	$91,449
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$78,129
Quality Control Analysts	$53,423
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$52,907

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.