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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wayne Community College

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

Wayne Community College is located in Goldsboro, North Carolina and has a total student population of 2,701.

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.

Wayne Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wayne Community College

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? Wayne Community College offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Wayne Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Wayne Community College

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

Wayne Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

29% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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Wayne Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne 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 3
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Wayne 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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