Academics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Majors, Faculty & More

Wondering what academic life at John Jay will be like? In addition to the degrees and majors, as well as the faculty composition at John Jay this section includes detailed information on freshman retention rates, reasons students did not graduate, and an analysis of full-time and tenured faculty vs. adjunct teaching staff.

All About Academics

What's the point of going to college without academics? Find out more about the faculty and staff, what majors and fields of study are offered at this college, and information on online classes if offered. Here are some of the things you'll learn in this section.

The student to faculty (instructor) ratio.
The Majors offered at this college.
What online and distance learning options are available.

Faculty Resources

The total number of instructional staff teaching the 13,319 undergraduate students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is 1,198 . When this is adjusted to account for those with part-time status, the result is the "full-time equivalent" (FTE) count. Using the FTE count for students and staff results in a "student to instructor" ratio of 17 to 1 which makes John Jay College of Criminal Justice worse than the typical college regarding instructional attention.

For every instructor (FTE) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice , there are 17 undergraduate students (FTE). This ratio is worse than the typical college concerning instructional attention.

A slim percentage of the instructors (34.0% ) are full-time.

The vast majority of instructors (100.0% ) are "faculty" rather than "lecturers".

	A slim percentage of the faculty (34.0% ) are full-time.
	The majority of the faculty (69.0% ) are adjuncts (not in the tenure system).

Learn how the faculty structure at John Jay College of Criminal Justice compares to the national average

Most Popular Majors

John Jay College of Criminal Justice offers 35 distinct undergraduate degrees, concentrated into 27 majors within 14 broad fields of study. Across all fields of study, John Jay College of Criminal Justice awarded 3,225 undergraduate degrees in 2019 - 2020 .

Most Popular Majors	Bachelors Graduations	All Graduations
Criminal Justice & Corrections	1,582	1,582
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	481	481
Criminology	230	230
	164	164
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	157	157

Find out what John Jay College of Criminal Justice's top fields of study and majors are

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