Criminal Justice at Tompkins Cortland Community College

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

Tompkins Cortland is located in Dryden, New York and approximately 4,764 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.

Tompkins Cortland Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Tompkins Cortland

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.

Tompkins Cortland does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

Tompkins Cortland Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Tompkins Cortland

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

Tompkins Cortland Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

38% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at Tompkins Cortland may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 18% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Tompkins Cortland are white. Around 75% 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 Tompkins Cortland Community 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	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Criminal Justice & Police Science

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 NY, the home state for Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Police and Detective Supervisors	12,650	$115,940
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,450	$62,080

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*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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