Criminal Justice at West Valley College

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

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 section at the bottom of this page.

West Valley College Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

West Valley College Criminal Justice 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 Associate’s Program

52% Women

72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at West Valley College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

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 16% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,950	$154,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,260	$111,240

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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