Criminal Justice Schools In New Jersey
New Jersey has 41 accredited criminal justice schools where criminal justice faculty who teach criminal justice classes can find employment. The trends in New Jersey's criminal justice academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in criminal justice includes 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
- PhD degree in Criminal Justice
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Statistics
Professional Trends
New Jersey Vs. National Criminal Justice Employment
| New Jersey | 59,860 |
| National | 1,897,220 |
Approximately 3% of the country's criminal justice professionals work in New Jersey state.
Employment Growth for Criminal justice professionals In New Jersey
| 62,730 | 63,700 | 65,920 | 62,500 | 58,980 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Criminal Justice is a shrinking field in New Jersey. 3,750 less criminal justice professionals were working in New Jersey in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of criminal justice has shrunk by 6% in New Jersey. This is faster than the trend for criminal justice professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of criminal justice professionals has grown by 2% between 2006 and 2010.
Criminal Justice VS. All Professions salaries in New Jersey
| $47,663 | $50,964 | $46,820 | $52,434 | $59,341 |
| $50,031 | $52,191 | $53,328 | $54,026 | $55,877 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Criminal Justice
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of criminal justice professionals is declining, the salaries paid to criminal justice professionals are increasing in New Jersey. The mean salary for criminal justice professionals in 2006 was $47,663 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $59,341 per year.
Salary percentiles for Criminal justice professionals in New Jersey
10th percentile |
$37,189 |
25th percentile |
$48,009 |
50th percentile |
$60,036 |
75th percentile |
$69,449 |
90th percentile |
$81,046 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 20%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of New Jersey, 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 118%
Average Salaries for Criminal justice professionals and related professions in New Jersey
Criminal Justice |
$58,336 |
Criminology |
$79,170 |
Forensic Science |
$50,330 |
Homeland Security |
$51,740 |
Paralegal |
$49,165 |
In New Jersey, criminal justice professionals earn, on average, more than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Criminal Justice programs available for each degree type for all schools in New Jersey
associate |
21 |
bachelor |
18 |
master |
9 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
17 |
| Total | 66 |
As the number of criminal justice professionals is decreasing in New Jersey state, the number of students graduating from the 41 accredited criminal justice schools in New Jersey state is decreasing. In New Jersey, there were 2,655 graduates in 2006. And there were 2,457 graduates from criminal justice courses in 2010.
There was a decrease in the number of criminal justice school degree or certificate graduates in New Jersey by 7%. A majority of these graduates, or 32%, graduated with a associate's degree in criminal justice.