Criminal Justice at Southwestern Illinois College

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

SWIC is located in Belleville, Illinois and approximately 6,906 students attend the school each year.

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.

SWIC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

SWIC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SWIC

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

SWIC Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

42% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at SWIC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at SWIC are white. Around 58% 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 Southwestern Illinois College with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 IL, the home state for Southwestern Illinois College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,000	$104,990
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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