Criminal Justice & Corrections at South Louisiana Community College

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

South Louisiana Community College is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 5,855 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.

South Louisiana Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at South Louisiana Community College

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, South Louisiana Community College does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

South Louisiana Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at South Louisiana Community College

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

South Louisiana Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

South Louisiana Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from South Louisiana Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 LA, the home state for South Louisiana Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,810	$41,550
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Correctional Officers and Jailers	7,890	$34,370
Computer Workers	4,050	$66,600

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.