Criminal Justice and Corrections programs in New York
79 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 43 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $75,706 at Monroe Community College.
What this work pays in New York
Security Guards in New York earn a median of $44,240 a year across 134,700 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 York |
|---|---|---|
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | $92,790 | 53,470 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $65,100 | 30,170 |
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | $76,820 | 27,770 |
| Compliance Officers | $90,080 | 23,500 |
| Managers, All Other | $167,200 | 18,470 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | $75,706 (11 grads) | 31 |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | Undergraduate certificate | — | $53,810 (17 grads) | 43 |
| Jamestown Community College Jamestown | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $42,235 (20 grads) | 17 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Associate's degree | $8,500 | $41,937 (17 grads) | 57 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | $9,250 | $39,585 (40 grads) | 101 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Associate's degree | $7,000 | $34,495 (149 grads) | 165 |
| Berkeley College-New York New York | Associate's degree | $20,822 | $32,925 (54 grads) | 37 |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | $7,000 | $32,772 (55 grads) | 175 |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | $7,245 | $31,708 (76 grads) | 147 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | Associate's degree | $9,609 | $31,495 (83 grads) | 74 |
| Schenectady County Community College Schenectady | Associate's degree | — | $31,492 (23 grads) | 28 |
| Jefferson Community College Watertown | Associate's degree | $13,000 | $30,047 (41 grads) | 15 |
| Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown | Associate's degree | — | $29,929 (12 grads) | 12 |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $29,685 (51 grads) | 53 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $29,685 (16 grads) | 25 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $29,685 (35 grads) | 59 |
| SUNY Corning Community College Corning | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $29,685 (34 grads) | 10 |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | Associate's degree | — | $29,685 (23 grads) | 17 |
| Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | Associate's degree | $10,975 | $29,374 (36 grads) | 12 |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $29,064 (54 grads) | 38 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Associate's degree | $10,250 | $28,288 (98 grads) | 145 |
| SUNY Adirondack Queensbury | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $28,055 (28 grads) | 12 |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York | Associate's degree | $7,730 | $27,753 (137 grads) | 448 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | Associate's degree | $4,750 | $27,600 (104 grads) | 226 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Associate's degree | $6,862 | $27,548 (61 grads) | 115 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $27,440 (59 grads) | 31 |
| Cayuga County Community College Auburn | Associate's degree | — | $27,048 (25 grads) | 21 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $26,715 (25 grads) | 25 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Associate's degree | — | $26,585 (53 grads) | 21 |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | Associate's degree | $10,214 | $26,585 (38 grads) | 25 |
| Monroe University Bronx | Associate's degree | $13,299 | $26,585 (130 grads) | 132 |
| Orange County Community College Middletown | Associate's degree | $13,303 | $26,353 (45 grads) | 37 |
| Jamestown Community College Jamestown | Associate's degree | $7,917 | $25,194 (37 grads) | 36 |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse | Associate's degree | $8,605 | $24,904 (47 grads) | 36 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Associate's degree | $20,827 | $24,820 (222 grads) | 19 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Associate's degree | $20,827 | $24,820 (222 grads) | 15 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Associate's degree | $20,827 | $24,820 (222 grads) | 3 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park | Associate's degree | $20,827 | $24,820 (222 grads) | 52 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Associate's degree | $20,827 | $24,820 (222 grads) | 11 |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | $5,600 | $23,803 (47 grads) | 97 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Associate's degree | — | $22,087 (17 grads) | 11 |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside | Associate's degree | $10,430 | $21,356 (60 grads) | 201 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Associate's degree | — | $20,687 (23 grads) | 12 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Undergraduate certificate | $12,350 | not published | 9 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | $12,350 | not published | 6 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | $12,350 | not published | 6 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park | Undergraduate certificate | $12,350 | not published | 51 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Undergraduate certificate | $12,350 | not published | 0 |
| Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Associate's degree | $11,730 | not published | 33 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi | Associate's degree | $12,000 | not published | 33 |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES Plattsburgh | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Excelsior University Albany | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Hilbert College Hamburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Jefferson Community College Watertown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| North Country Community College Saranac Lake | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Orange County Community College Middletown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| SUNY Corning Community College Corning | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Associate's degree | — | not published | 87 |
| Schenectady County Community College Schenectady | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| St. Francis College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| St. John's University-New York Queens | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Touro University New York | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
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.