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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sussex County Community College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sussex County Community College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Sussex County Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Sussex County Community College is located in Newton, New Jersey and approximately 2,190 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.

Sussex County Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Sussex County Community College

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

Sussex County Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

46% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Sussex County Community College are white. Around 74% 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 Sussex County Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 26
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NJ, the home state for Sussex County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors 37,370 $90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 19,950 $83,720
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers 11,240 $70,280
Computer Workers 9,770 $99,210

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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