Degree Programs Overview

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice offers 70 degree programs through Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 4 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

A total of 4,172 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at John Jay. 3,188 students completed bachelor's programs and 707 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at John Jay. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
Total ProgramsOnline ProgramsCompleters
TotalMenWomen
Bachelor's34NOT OFFERED3,1881,1362,052
Master's124707209498
Post-Graduate Certificate15NOT OFFERED21561154
At least 12-weeks but less than 1-Year Certificate5NOT OFFERED621250

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management program has the highest salary ($52,890) after graduation and the Criminal Justice and Corrections program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $47,878 average salary.

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management $52,890$4,408$13,625$144
Criminal Justice and Corrections $47,878$3,990$10,350$110
Economics $47,343$3,945$12,500$133
Fire Protection $45,188$3,766--
Criminology $44,675$3,723$8,600$91
Political Science and Government $43,778$3,648$11,645$123
Public Administration $43,708$3,642$14,604$155
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology $41,050$3,421$12,395$131
Legal Studies $39,811$3,318$7,500$80
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities $39,528$3,294--
History $33,240$2,770--
English Language and Literature, General $31,543$2,629$9,319$99
Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Public Administration $63,523$5,294$34,350$391
Criminal Justice and Corrections $60,764$5,064$25,801$293
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions $51,932$4,328$30,000$341
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology $50,106$4,176$32,747$373

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

At the school, the Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration Bachelor program has the most completers of 1,352 and the Forensic Psychology Bachelor program has the second most completers of 535 students.

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

What is Computer and Information Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Latin American StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information AssuranceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 201NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Legal Studies program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Language Interpretation and Translation12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
English Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 34NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Humanities/Humanistic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Mathematics and Statistics program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Cell/Cellular and Molecular BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 27NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cell Biology and AnatomyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
ToxicologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 17NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Dispute Resolution47 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computational ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Psychology program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PhilosophyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Forensic PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 535123 NOT OFFERED 4
What is Human Services program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
CorrectionsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration1 NOT OFFERED 1,352164 NOT OFFERED 6
Criminal Justice/Police ScienceNOT OFFERED 0 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 62
Securities Services Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED 0 3023ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Corrections AdministrationNOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14
Law Enforcement Investigation and InterviewingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 26
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6926ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Fire Services AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 25NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Fire Science/Fire-fightingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED30ONLINE NOT OFFERED 7
Terrorism and Counterterrorism OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 25
Criminalistics and Criminal ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
Cyber/Computer Forensics and CounterterrorismNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED26 NOT OFFERED 10
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation2 NOT OFFERED 66NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6
Forensic Science and TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5216 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Law Enforcement Intelligence AnalysisNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10
What is Social Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Community Organization and AdvocacyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 38145 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
AnthropologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CriminologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 200NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4711 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International Relations and AffairsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED49ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and GovernmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 119NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
SociologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 35NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Business program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4
Mental Health Counseling/CounselorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED87 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is History program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
Social EntrepreneurshipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
What is History program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
Social EntrepreneurshipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
HistoryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED

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