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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Volunteer State Community College

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Volunteer State Community College

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 Volunteer State Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

VSCC is located in Gallatin, Tennessee and approximately 8,832 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.

VSCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Police Science (Less Than 1 Year)

Online Classes Are Available at VSCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? VSCC offers distance education options for police science at the following degree levels:

VSCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

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 TN, the home state for Volunteer State Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 13,410 $44,600
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,400 $71,940
Bailiffs 310 $40,910
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 230 $53,670

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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