Criminal Justice and Corrections programs in Florida
80 schools in Florida teach this, at certificate or associate level. 29 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $55,770 at Palm Beach State College.
What this work pays in Florida
Security Guards in Florida earn a median of $35,900 a year across 95,370 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | $74,470 | 43,630 |
| Managers, All Other | $108,890 | 37,820 |
| Compliance Officers | $74,920 | 29,680 |
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | $49,710 | 24,280 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $56,550 | 14,000 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach State College Lake Worth | Undergraduate certificate | $4,892 | $55,770 (116 grads) | 73 |
| Indian River State College Fort Pierce | Undergraduate certificate | — | $48,432 (31 grads) | 114 |
| Hillsborough College Tampa | Undergraduate certificate | $8,127 | $47,846 (115 grads) | 294 |
| Osceola Technical College Kissimmee | Undergraduate certificate | — | $45,249 (26 grads) | 43 |
| Saint Leo University Saint Leo | Associate's degree | $29,500 | $43,798 (11 grads) | 19 |
| Herzing University-Orlando Winter Park | Associate's degree | $13,374 | $42,682 (29 grads) | 1 |
| Saint Johns River State College Palatka | Associate's degree | — | $42,682 (11 grads) | 4 |
| Withlacoochee Technical College Inverness | Undergraduate certificate | — | $42,682 (22 grads) | 75 |
| Eastern Florida State College Melbourne | Undergraduate certificate | — | $41,119 (34 grads) | 151 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | $40,896 (36 grads) | 247 |
| Fort Myers Technical College Fort Myers | Undergraduate certificate | — | $40,209 (52 grads) | 177 |
| Daytona State College Daytona Beach | Undergraduate certificate | $4,446 | $38,289 (95 grads) | 87 |
| Eastern Florida State College Melbourne | Associate's degree | — | $37,748 (12 grads) | 21 |
| Northwest Florida State College Niceville | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,745 (44 grads) | 10 |
| George Stone Technical College Pensacola | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,488 (28 grads) | 91 |
| Rasmussen University-Florida Ocala | Associate's degree | $19,964 | $36,398 (155 grads) | 18 |
| Strayer University-Florida Tampa | Associate's degree | — | $35,810 (17 grads) | 0 |
| Tallahassee State College Tallahassee | Undergraduate certificate | $7,813 | $35,740 (81 grads) | 209 |
| Seminole State College of Florida Sanford | Associate's degree | $10,980 | $35,060 (34 grads) | 16 |
| Gulf Coast State College Panama City | Undergraduate certificate | — | $34,847 (22 grads) | 45 |
| Florida Gateway College Lake City | Undergraduate certificate | — | $32,162 (37 grads) | 51 |
| Valencia College Orlando | Associate's degree | $12,500 | $31,818 (36 grads) | 89 |
| Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers | Associate's degree | — | $30,771 (22 grads) | 37 |
| Hillsborough College Tampa | Associate's degree | $12,586 | $30,119 (31 grads) | 85 |
| Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale | Associate's degree | $23,770 | $30,019 (124 grads) | 74 |
| Southern Technical College Fort Myers | Associate's degree | — | $28,598 (28 grads) | — |
| Florida National University-Main Campus Hialeah | Associate's degree | — | $26,353 (24 grads) | 13 |
| Indian River State College Fort Pierce | Associate's degree | — | $22,329 (20 grads) | 46 |
| Florida Panhandle Technical College Chipley | Undergraduate certificate | — | $20,140 (15 grads) | 37 |
| Chipola College Marianna | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 45 |
| Lake Technical College Eustis | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 88 |
| Miami Dade College Miami | Undergraduate certificate | $5,942 | not published | 124 |
| Palm Beach State College Lake Worth | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Santa Fe College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 48 |
| St Petersburg College St. Petersburg | Associate's degree | $10,703 | not published | 23 |
| Ana G. Mendez University Orlando | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Broward College Fort Lauderdale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 177 |
| Broward College Fort Lauderdale | Associate's degree | — | not published | 48 |
| Chipola College Marianna | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| College of Central Florida Ocala | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 99 |
| College of Central Florida Ocala | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| D A Dorsey Technical College Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Daytona State College Daytona Beach | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| Florida Gateway College Lake City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Florida National University-Main Campus Hialeah | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 19 |
| Gulf Coast State College Panama City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Manatee Technical College Bradenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 48 |
| Miami Dade College Miami | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| North Florida College Madison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| North Florida College Madison | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Northwest Florida State College Niceville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Pasco-Hernando State College New Port Richey | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 97 |
| Pasco-Hernando State College New Port Richey | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Pensacola State College Pensacola | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Pensacola State College Pensacola | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| Polk State College Winter Haven | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 192 |
| Polk State College Winter Haven | Associate's degree | — | not published | 28 |
| Saint Johns River State College Palatka | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 85 |
| Saint Leo University Saint Leo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Santa Fe College Gainesville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Seminole State College of Florida Sanford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 76 |
| South Florida State College Avon Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| South Florida State College Avon Park | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| St Petersburg College St. Petersburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 151 |
| St. Thomas University Miami Gardens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 46 |
| State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 19 |
| Suncoast Technical College Sarasota | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 67 |
| Tallahassee State College Tallahassee | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| The College of the Florida Keys Key West | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 57 |
| The College of the Florida Keys Key West | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Trinity College of Jacksonville Jacksonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Valencia College Orlando | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 302 |
| Webber International University Babson Park | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Wilton Simpson Technical College Brooksville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Criminal Justice and Corrections — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.