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Criminal Justice at West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Criminal Justice at West Kentucky Community and Technical College

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

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is located in Paducah, Kentucky and approximately 4,893 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at West Kentucky Community and Technical 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? West Kentucky Community and Technical College offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

West Kentucky Community and Technical College Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at West Kentucky Community and Technical College

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

West Kentucky Community and Technical College Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at West Kentucky Community and Technical College are white. Around 67% 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 West Kentucky Community and Technical College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
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 KY, the home state for West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Managers 3,260 $92,630
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,480 $65,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $85,960

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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