Criminal Justice & Police Science at University of the Virgin Islands

If you are interested in studying criminal justice & police science, you may want to check out the program at University of the Virgin Islands. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UVI is located in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands and has a total student population of 1,838.

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.

UVI Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Police Science
• Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

UVI Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at UVI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Police Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Police Science Student Demographics at UVI

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

UVI Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at UVI may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 48% more women than average.

UVI does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UVI Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of police science bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UVI since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its police science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 VI, the home state for University of the Virgin Islands.

Occupation	Jobs in VI	Average Salary in VI

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
• Image Credit: By Sphilbrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.