Criminal Justice Schools In Alabama
Alabama has 36 accredited criminal justice schools where criminal justice faculty who teach criminal justice classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in criminal justice in the state of Alabama, which encompasses criminal justice training at the following levels:
- Criminal Justice Certificate
- Associates degree in Criminal Justice
- Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice
- Masters degree in Criminal Justice
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Professional Trends
Alabama Vs. National Criminal Justice Employment
| Alabama | 23,970 |
| National | 1,897,220 |
Approximately 1% of the country's criminal justice professionals work in Alabama state.
Employment Growth for Criminal justice professionals In Alabama
| 24,110 | 23,820 | 24,000 | 24,230 | 23,780 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Alabama, the field of criminal justice is shrinking. 330 less criminal justice professionals were working in Alabama in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 1% decline in the field. This decline is slower than the change in the number of criminal justice professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of criminal justice professionals has grown by 2% from 2006 to 2010.
Criminal Justice VS. All Professions salaries in Alabama
| $33,277 | $35,387 | $36,426 | $37,737 | $42,042 |
| $39,917 | $41,500 | $42,923 | $44,323 | $46,099 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Criminal Justice
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to criminal justice professionals are growing in Alabama. Criminal justice professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $33,277 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $42,042 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Criminal justice professionals in Alabama
10th percentile |
$24,050 |
25th percentile |
$31,155 |
50th percentile |
$39,173 |
75th percentile |
$50,555 |
90th percentile |
$65,555 |
Thus, there was a 21% growth in criminal justice professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Alabama, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of criminal justice. The pay differential between the highest paid criminal justice professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 173%
Average Salaries for Criminal justice professionals and related professions in Alabama
Criminal Justice |
$40,720 |
Criminology |
$51,545 |
Forensic Science |
$54,050 |
Homeland Security |
$37,177 |
Paralegal |
$40,075 |
In Alabama, criminal justice professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Criminal Justice programs available for each degree type for all schools in Alabama
associate |
19 |
bachelor |
23 |
master |
10 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
8 |
| Total | 60 |
As the number of criminal justice professionals is decreasing in Alabama state, the number of students graduating from the 36 accredited criminal justice schools in Alabama state is decreasing. In 2006, 2,780 students graduated from criminal justice courses in Alabama. And in 2010, 1,664 students graduated.
There was a decrease in the number of criminal justice school degree or certificate graduates in Alabama by 40%. A majority of these graduates, or 38%, graduated with an bachelor's degree in criminal justice.