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Criminal Justice at Somerset Community College

Criminal Justice at Somerset Community College

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

SCC is located in Somerset, Kentucky and has a total student population of 4,837.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

SCC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at SCC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SCC offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

SCC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SCC

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

SCC Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

70% Women
7% 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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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at SCC are white. Around 93% 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 Somerset 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 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 KY, the home state for Somerset Community College.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Managers 3,260 $92,630
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,480 $65,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $85,960

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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