Criminal Justice and Corrections programs in New Jersey
36 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 17 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $54,482 at Camden County College.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Security Guards in New Jersey earn a median of $38,880 a year across 41,540 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 New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, All Other | $161,510 | 30,270 |
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | $92,610 | 21,780 |
| Compliance Officers | $100,000 | 13,310 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $142,990 | 7,650 |
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | $94,770 | 7,570 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden County College Blackwood | Undergraduate certificate | — | $54,482 (95 grads) | 108 |
| Camden County College Blackwood | Associate's degree | $12,285 | $39,369 (31 grads) | 46 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Associate's degree | — | $37,748 (18 grads) | 55 |
| Strayer University-New Jersey Piscataway | Associate's degree | — | $35,810 (17 grads) | 0 |
| Sussex County Community College Newton | Associate's degree | $8,250 | $32,925 (14 grads) | 31 |
| Berkeley College-Woodland Park Woodland Park | Associate's degree | $15,602 | $31,616 (37 grads) | 50 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Associate's degree | — | $30,771 (11 grads) | 36 |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Associate's degree | $11,500 | $27,618 (67 grads) | 79 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Associate's degree | $7,250 | $27,181 (50 grads) | 71 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Associate's degree | $9,750 | $27,150 (27 grads) | 79 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $26,669 (74 grads) | 29 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $26,669 (74 grads) | 59 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Associate's degree | $11,861 | $25,580 (34 grads) | 85 |
| Ocean County College Toms River | Associate's degree | $10,980 | $25,484 (44 grads) | 67 |
| Essex County College Newark | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (27 grads) | 61 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Associate's degree | — | $22,578 (11 grads) | 34 |
| County College of Morris Randolph | Associate's degree | $9,666 | $16,478 (17 grads) | 88 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Bergen Community College Paramus | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 78 |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor | Associate's degree | — | not published | 65 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Ocean County College Toms River | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 108 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 30 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Rowan University Glassboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Salem Community College Carneys Point | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Thomas Edison State University Trenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Warren County Community College Washington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Warren County Community College Washington | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
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.