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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wake Technical Community College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wake Technical Community College

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

Wake Technical Community College is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 21,760.

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.

Wake Technical Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Wake Technical Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Wake Technical Community College

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

Wake Technical Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

46% Women
46% 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 Wake Technical Community College are white. Around 54% 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 Wake Technical Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 NC, the home state for Wake Technical Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors 33,020 $76,880
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 22,350 $48,420
Correctional Officers and Jailers 15,720 $38,500
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 11,610 $46,990

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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