Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Eastern Gateway Community College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in criminal justice, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Gain a solid foundation in the American justice system, criminal law and social science when you earn your associate degree in criminal justice online from Southern New Hampshire University.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Eastern Gateway Community College was $240 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $132 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $3,791 | $7,570 |
Fees | $235 | $235 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Criminal Justice students who received their associate degree at Eastern Gateway Community College took out an average of $7,600 in student loans. That is 59% lower than the national average of $18,566.
The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their associate degree from Eastern Gateway Community College is $38,721 per year. That is 45% higher than the national average of $26,761.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the criminal justice associate degree program at Eastern Gateway Community College. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Eastern Gateway Community College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 34.5% of the criminal justice students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.8%.
Around 28.3% of criminal justice associate degree recipients at Eastern Gateway Community College in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 56%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 53 |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
White | 263 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
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 | 368 |
Criminal Justice & Police Science | 3 |
*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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