Education & Training
Criminal Justice and Corrections
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Bailiffs Certificate or apprenticeship
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers Bachelor's degree
- Compliance Officers Bachelor's degree
- Coroners Bachelor's degree
- Correctional Officers and Jailers High school diploma
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Customs and Border Protection Officers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Customs Brokers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators Certificate or apprenticeship
- Emergency Management Directors Bachelor's degree
- Financial Examiners Bachelor's degree
- First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers High school diploma
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives High school diploma
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Forensic Science Technicians Certificate or apprenticeship
- Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators High school diploma
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators Associate degree
- Intelligence Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Loss Prevention Managers Bachelor's degree
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Police Identification and Records Officers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Private Detectives and Investigators Associate degree
- Quality Control Analysts Certificate or apprenticeship
- Regulatory Affairs Managers Bachelor's degree
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Remote Sensing Technicians Bachelor's degree
- Security Guards High school diploma
- Transit and Railroad Police Certificate or apprenticeship
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $55,240 | $56,605 | $9,500 | 828 |
| Associate degree | $39,832 | $46,996 | $15,250 | 1,133 |
| Bachelor's degree | $42,599 | $54,333 | $23,000 | 979 |
| Master's degree | $56,254 | $65,132 | $32,647 | 354 |
| Doctoral degree | $78,971 | $96,102 | $117,835 | 42 |
| Professional degree | — | — | — | 2 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.