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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Walters State Community College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Walters State Community College

If you plan to study criminal justice & corrections, take a look at what Walters State Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WSCC is located in Morristown, Tennessee and approximately 5,742 students attend the school each year.

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.

WSCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

WSCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at WSCC

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

WSCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

30% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 70% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at WSCC are white. Around 85% 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 Walters State Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Walters State Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 26
Criminal Justice Studies 2

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 TN, the home state for Walters State Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Accountants and Auditors 19,760 $69,690
Managers 14,480 $83,010
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 13,410 $44,600
Correctional Officers and Jailers 9,670 $35,470
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 5,590 $41,830

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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