Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Lackawanna 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Lackawanna College was $535 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $15,300 | $15,300 |
Fees | $830 | $830 |
Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,900 | $10,900 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,722 | $2,722 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Criminal Justice students who received their associate degree at Lackawanna College took out an average of $18,500 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $18,566.
The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their associate degree from Lackawanna College is $23,649 per year. That is 12% lower than 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 Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna College Online Learning page.
About 58.3% of the students who received their AS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 50.8%.
Around 30.6% of criminal justice associate degree recipients at Lackawanna 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 | 1 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 25 |
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 |
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Criminal Justice Studies | 2 |
Criminal Justice & Police Science | 34 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.