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Criminal Justice, associate's programs nationwide

Nationally, associate's graduates in Criminal Justice earn a median $46,706 four years after graduating. Among 198 programs with federal earnings data, Alexandria Technical & Community College (MN) graduates had the highest median, $67,066 (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Programs with data
198
Highest median
$67,066
National median
$46,706
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Criminal Justice, associate's programs nationwide: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeStateMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)Add to the side-by-side comparison
Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeMN$67,066+44%$12,000
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOK$66,287+42%—Compare
Columbia Southern UniversityAL$66,000+41%$12,140
North Hennepin Community CollegeMN$65,910+41%$22,625Compare
Inver Hills Community CollegeMN$64,621+38%$17,000Compare
Grand Rapids Community CollegeMI$64,550+38%$11,600
Jefferson CollegeMO$64,131+37%—Compare
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community CollegeMN$63,056+35%$9,500Compare
Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$63,015+35%—Compare
Hawkeye Community CollegeIA$62,551+34%$11,000Compare
Waukesha County Technical CollegeWI$62,093+33%$12,187Compare
Madison Area Technical CollegeWI$60,863+30%$13,375Compare
Mount Wachusett Community CollegeMA$60,626+30%$11,961Compare
Fox Valley Technical CollegeWI$60,438+29%$11,000Compare
Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeWI$60,431+29%$11,000
Diablo Valley CollegeCA$59,444+27%—Compare
Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$59,022+26%$24,496Compare
Purdue University GlobalIN$58,840+26%$13,000
Middlesex Community CollegeMA$58,029+24%$8,694Compare
Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$57,197+22%$8,238Compare
Oakland Community CollegeMI$56,926+22%$12,972
De Anza CollegeCA$56,754+22%—Compare
Montgomery County Community CollegePA$56,410+21%$12,608Compare
Central Maine Community CollegeME$56,407+21%$9,378Compare
North Shore Community CollegeMA$56,407+21%$7,449Compare

The 25 highest of 198 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Criminal Justice and Corrections. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).