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Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice & Police Science

Basic Certificates in Criminal Justice & Police Science

8,443 Yearly Graduations
23% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 41 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.2% of police science graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Police Science Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 8,443 people earned their basic certificate in police science. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in police science at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 8,443
Associate Degree 6,379
Undergraduate Certificate 2,753
Bachelor’s Degree 2,270
Master’s Degree 99
Graduate Certificate 80

Earnings of Police Science Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for police science students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in police science. About 76.6% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 6,471
Women 1,972
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The racial-ethnic distribution of police science basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 142
Black or African American 910
Hispanic or Latino 2,104
White 4,733
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 541
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to police science that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Corrections 2,727
Criminal Justice Studies 2,471
Criminal Justice 2,408
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 513
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References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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