Other Corrections & Criminal Justice
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Other Corrections & Criminal Justice degree recipients are South Hooksett, NH, Tempe, AZ, and New York, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Other Corrections & Criminal Justice degree recipients are Newton, NJ, McAlester, OK, and Havre, MT. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Corrections & Criminal Justice is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice and the types of students that study this field. Southern New Hampshire University awards the most degrees in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice in the US, but Arkansas Baptist College and Bethune-Cookman University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice.
Tuition costs for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice majors are, on average, $6,930 for in-state public colleges, and $25,439 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Corrections & Criminal Justice programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (53 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (1,494 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (1,494 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Corrections & Criminal Justice programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Southern New Hampshire University has the most Other Corrections & Criminal Justice degree recipients, with 953 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Corrections & Criminal Justice programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Arkansas Baptist College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice, with 17.1%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice.
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 (1,587 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 Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 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 Other Corrections & Criminal Justice.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 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 Other Corrections & Criminal Justice. White Female 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 Other Corrections & Criminal Justice field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Corrections & Criminal Justice majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Corrections & Criminal Justice majors need more than the average amount of Speaking, Active Listening, and 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 Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 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 Speaking is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Active Listening, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.