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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Salem Community College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Salem Community College

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

Salem County College is located in Carneys Point, New Jersey and approximately 865 students attend the school each year.

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.

Salem County College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Salem County College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Salem County College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Salem Community College.

Salem County College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

80% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Salem County 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 Salem Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Salem Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Salem Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 14

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 NJ, the home state for Salem Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors 37,370 $90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 19,950 $83,720
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers 11,240 $70,280
Computer Workers 9,770 $99,210

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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