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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Suffolk University

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Suffolk University

Every criminal justice & police science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the police science program at Suffolk University stacks up to those at other schools.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year.

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

Suffolk Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Police Science

Suffolk Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Suffolk

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Suffolk University.

Suffolk Criminal Justice & Police Science Master’s Program

100% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of police science master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a police science master's degree from Suffolk, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Suffolk University with a master's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Police Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in police science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 16,830 $69,870
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,340 $101,800
Private Detectives and Investigators 550 $49,290
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 370 $75,080

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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