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Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Valley College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Valley College

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

West Valley College is located in Saratoga, California and has a total student population of 7,513.

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.

West Valley College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

West Valley College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at West Valley College

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

West Valley College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

48% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

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West Valley College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Valley College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 43
White 18
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice 55

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 CA, the home state for West Valley College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 72,680 $101,380
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 34,980 $75,400

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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