Juvenile Corrections
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Juvenile Corrections degree recipients are Tempe, AZ, Prairie View, TX, and Joplin, MO. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Juvenile Corrections degree recipients are Prairie View, TX, Joplin, MO, and Monmouth, OR. The most common degree awarded to students studying Juvenile Corrections is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Juvenile Corrections and the types of students that study this field. Rio Salado College awards the most degrees in Juvenile Corrections in the US, but Prairie View A & M University and Rio Salado College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Juvenile Corrections.
Tuition costs for Juvenile Corrections majors are, on average, $8,730 for in-state public colleges, and $10,224 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Juvenile Corrections programs are Public, 2-year institutions (15 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (51 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Juvenile Corrections, is Public, 2-year (51 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Juvenile Corrections programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Rio Salado College has the most Juvenile Corrections degree recipients, with 35 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Juvenile Corrections.
Out of all institutions that offer Juvenile Corrections programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Prairie View A & M University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Juvenile Corrections, with 1.27%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Juvenile Corrections by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Juvenile Corrections.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Protective Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Protective Services majors is $76,982 and the most common occupations are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
The industry that employs the most Protective Services majors is Justice, public order, & safety activities , though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Protective Services majors is $76,982 and the most common occupations are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Protective Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Protective Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are Police officers, Other managers, and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Protective Services majors working as Probation officers & correctional treatment specialists, Detectives & criminal investigators, and Firstline supervisors of police & detectives.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Protective Services majors are Physicians, Photographic process workers & processing machine operators, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.45%, from 1.17M in 2021 to 1.21M in 2022.
The largest single share of Protective Services graduates go on to work as Police officers (10.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Protective Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are Justice, public order, & safety activities , Elementary & secondary schools, and Legal services.
The highest paying industries of Protective Services majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Data processing, hosting & related services, and Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products.
The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.45%, from 1.17M in 2021 to 1.21M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Protective Services graduates by share is Justice, public order, & safety activities , followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Protective Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Protective Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Protective Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Protective Services is 39.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. Female employees are more likely to hold Protective Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Protective Services (41 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Protective Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 31 years old, which represent 3.48% and 3.3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Juvenile Corrections are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Protective Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Juvenile Corrections.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Juvenile Corrections for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Juvenile Corrections.
Black or African American Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Caribbean, Not Specified that hold Protective Services degrees (8.78 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (14,905 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Juvenile Corrections field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Juvenile Corrections majors need many skills, but most especially Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Juvenile Corrections majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Operation and Control.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Juvenile Corrections majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
