Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and Training
Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

What a criminal justice and law enforcement teacher, postsecondary does

Become a criminal justice and law enforcement teacher, postsecondary

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good criminal justice and law enforcement teacher, postsecondary

  • Talking to others.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average salary of $64,800 per year.

Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook

  • There are 168 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 21 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

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