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Criminal Justice & Police Science at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

Criminal Justice & Police Science at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 5,364.

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.

UW Tacoma Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at UW Tacoma

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.

UW Tacoma does offer online education options in police science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UW Tacoma Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at UW Tacoma 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 UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 34% of police science bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% 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 UW Tacoma since its program graduates 30% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Washington - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 9,670 $77,670
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 2,350 $85,440
Bailiffs 170 $56,170
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $58,730

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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