Criminal Justice & Police Science at Rock Valley College

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

Rock Valley College is located in Rockford, Illinois and approximately 5,762 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.

Rock Valley College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Rock Valley College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Rock Valley College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Rock Valley College.

Rock Valley College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

50% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at Rock Valley College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at Rock Valley College are white. Around 60% 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 Rock Valley College with a associate's in police science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 IL, the home state for Rock Valley College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	2,940	$87,470
Bailiffs	1,550	$57,220
Private Detectives and Investigators	860	$60,630
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	600	$62,280

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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