Program Payoff

Criminal Justice and Corrections programs in Louisiana

19 schools in Louisiana teach this, at certificate or associate level. 7 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $42,682 at Herzing University-New Orleans.

What this work pays in Louisiana

Security Guards in Louisiana earn a median of $32,240 a year across 17,210 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Louisiana
Managers, All Other$103,14013,220
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$48,38012,400
Correctional Officers and Jailers$39,8507,960
Compliance Officers$70,2903,970
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$70,4703,120

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Herzing University-New Orleans Metairie Associate's degree $13,374 $42,682 (29 grads) 1
Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge Associate's degree $19,500 $28,598 (13 grads) 32
Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City Associate's degree $20,375 $26,353 (32 grads) 48
Delgado Community College New Orleans Associate's degree $24,719 $24,421 (42 grads) 38
SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles Associate's degree $24,035 (12 grads) 22
Remington College-Shreveport Campus Shreveport Associate's degree $20,000 $21,595 (279 grads) 8
Fletcher Technical Community College Schriever Associate's degree $21,052 (14 grads) 15
South Louisiana Community College Lafayette Associate's degree $11,050 not published 32
Southern University at Shreveport Shreveport Associate's degree $17,250 not published 12
Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City Undergraduate certificate not published 95
Central Louisiana Technical Community College Alexandria Undergraduate certificate not published
Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe Associate's degree not published 19
Louisiana State University at Alexandria Alexandria Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Louisiana State University-Eunice Eunice Associate's degree not published 11
Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe Undergraduate certificate not published 26
Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe Associate's degree not published 13
Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches Associate's degree not published
SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles Undergraduate certificate not published 51

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.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.