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Criminal Justice and Corrections, General
CIP 4301 · offered at 1,927 colleges · national median earnings $53,461 · median debt $23,234
CollegeMedian earnings
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa · WI · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$22,960 debt$39,586Texarkana College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$16,126 debt$39,567Institute of Technology · CA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$13,852 debt$39,378Benedict College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$40,750 debt$39,337West Kentucky Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$39,279Prairie State College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$39,190Community College of Allegheny County · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$12,004 debt$38,706Passaic County Community College · NJ · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$10,625 debt$38,554Luzerne County Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$38,416Navarro College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$13,750 debt$38,213University of Hawaii at Hilo · HI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$38,185George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville · AL · Public · Associate's Degree$38,151Potomac State College of West Virginia University · WV · Public · Associate's Degree$37,934West Virginia University · WV · Public · Associate's Degree$37,934Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$14,750 debt$37,894Phoenix College · AZ · Public · Associate's Degree$37,752St Philip's College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$37,511Albany Technical College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$24,644 debt$37,510Palo Alto College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$37,343Cochise County Community College District · AZ · Public · Associate's Degree$37,268Remington College-Dallas Campus · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,338 debt$37,199Remington College-Fort Worth Campus · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,338 debt$37,199Remington College-Memphis Campus · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,338 debt$37,199Remington College-Shreveport Campus · LA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,338 debt$37,199Remington College-Cleveland Campus · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$22,119 debt$37,099Remington College-Mobile Campus · AL · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$22,119 debt$37,099Miller-Motte College-Augusta · GA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute · PA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown · PA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Lewisburg · PA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · TN · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Miller-Motte College-Columbus · GA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville · NC · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$29,517 debt$37,018Temple College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$11,500 debt$36,835Westmoreland County Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$36,812Virginia Western Community College · VA · Public · Associate's Degree$36,760Itawamba Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$36,652Reedley College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$36,147SOWELA Technical Community College · LA · Public · Associate's Degree$35,884UEI College-Gardena · CA · Private (for-profit) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$9,500 debt$35,860Where this field leads
Occupations that the U.S. Department of Education maps to this field of study, with national pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A crosswalk of what graduates can do — not a placement rate for any one college.
OccupationMedian payU.S. jobs
Security Guards$38,0201,283,470
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$76,210670,520
Managers, All Other$141,900622,190
Compliance Officers$80,730417,070
Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,550392,550
Correctional Officers and Jailers$58,940380,500
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$106,040154,610
Detectives and Criminal Investigators$93,790114,430
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$55,94081,480
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$62,28073,910
Financial Examiners$94,16067,830
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$77,97053,380
Sources: U.S. Department of Education CIP–SOC crosswalk; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (national, latest release).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.