Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration degree recipients are New York, NY, Phoenix, AZ, and Monterey Park, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration degree recipients are Fairfield, AL, Denmark, SC, and Rocky Mount, NC. The most common degree awarded to students studying Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration and the types of students that study this field. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice awards the most degrees in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration in the US, but Union Institute & University and CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration.
Tuition costs for Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration majors are, on average, $6,420 for in-state public colleges, and $27,475 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration programs are Public, 2-year institutions (238 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (12,689 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration, is Public, 2-year (12,689 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice has the most Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration degree recipients, with 1,365 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration.
Out of all institutions that offer Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Union Institute & University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration, with 33%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Protective Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Protective Services majors is $67,162 and the most common occupations are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
The industry that employs the most Protective Services majors is Justice, public order, & safety activities , though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.
The average salary for Protective Services majors is $67,162 and the most common occupations are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Protective Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Protective Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Protective Services majors working as Probation officers & correctional treatment specialists, Detectives & criminal investigators, and Firstline supervisors of police & detectives.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Protective Services majors are Physicians, Dentists, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.69%, from 1.07M in 2019 to 1.11M in 2020.
The largest single share of Protective Services graduates go on to work as Police officers (11.3%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Protective Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are Justice, public order, & safety activities , Elementary & secondary schools, and Legal services.
The highest paying industries of Protective Services majors, by average wage, are Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, Fabric mills, except knitting mills, and Support activities for agriculture & forestry.
The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.69%, from 1.07M in 2019 to 1.11M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Protective Services graduates by share is Justice, public order, & safety activities , followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Protective Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Protective Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Protective Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Protective Services is 39.5.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Protective Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Protective Services (13,257 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Protective Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 28 years old, which represent 3.82% and 3.48% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Protective Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Caribbean, Not Specified that hold Protective Services degrees (8.74 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (12,393 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Management of Financial Resources, and Operation Monitoring.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
