The main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice & Police Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Atlantic Cape Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in criminal justice, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Atlantic Cape Community College paid an average of $246 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $196 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,883 | $7,383 |
Fees | $957 | $957 |
Books and Supplies | $1,900 | $1,900 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Criminal Justice students who received their associate degree at Atlantic Cape Community College took out an average of $8,750 in student loans. That is 53% lower than the national average of $18,566.
criminal justice who receive their associate degree from Atlantic Cape Community College make an average of $26,933 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $26,761.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Atlantic Cape Community College offers online options in its criminal justice associate degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Atlantic Cape Community College Online Learning page.
About 41.7% of the students who received their AS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.8%.
Around 69.4% of criminal justice associate degree recipients at Atlantic Cape Community College in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 56%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Criminal Justice & Police Science | 36 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities 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 racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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