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Criminal Justice & Police Science at George Mason University

Criminal Justice & Police Science at George Mason University

Every criminal justice & police science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the police science program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Police Science section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

GMU Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at George Mason University.

Careers That Police Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in police science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 18,080 $56,710
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 2,980 $98,850
Bailiffs 480 $43,430

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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