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Criminal Justice at Somerset Community College

If you plan to study Criminal Justice, take a look at what Somerset Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Somerset Community College is in Somerset, KY.

During the most recent reporting year, 52 criminal justice degrees were granted at Somerset Community College.

Studying Online at Somerset Community College

Many students take online classes at Somerset Community College. Of 6,155 students, 2,798 (45%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,251 (20%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Criminal Justice graduates at Somerset Community College, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, Criminal Justice graduates at Somerset Community College are 65% women (34) and 35% men (18).

Criminal Justice Associate’s Program at Somerset Community College

Among the 12 associate’s criminal justice degrees awarded at Somerset Community College, 67% were women (8) and 33% were men (4).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	11
Two or More Races	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 8% of Criminal Justice associate’s degree recipients at Somerset Community College, lower than the national average of 70%.*

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

Highest-Paying Careers for Criminal Justice Graduates

Students who finish Criminal Justice program at Somerset Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Criminal Justice graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Wind Energy Development Managers	$169,952
Loss Prevention Managers	$165,723
Wind Energy Operations Managers	$122,567
Compliance Managers	$117,178
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers	$99,321
Managers, All Other	$95,684
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	$91,449
Regulatory Affairs Managers	$77,828
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.