by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice. 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 Big Sandy Community and Technical 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 Big Sandy Community and Technical College paid an average of $627 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $179 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,296 | $15,048 |
| Fees | $192 | $192 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,026 | $1,026 |
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criminal justice who receive their associate degree from Big Sandy Community and Technical College make an average of $27,476 a year during the early days of their career. That is 3% higher than the national average of $26,761.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Big Sandy Community and Technical College does offer online classes in its criminal justice associate degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Big Sandy Community and Technical College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 33.3% of the criminal justice students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.8%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in criminal justice at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in 2019-2020, 9.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 56%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice | 21 |
*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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