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Public Safety & Criminal Justice community-college programs in New York

42 community colleges in New York report awarding credentials in Public Safety & Criminal Justice. Police academy, corrections, EMT, paralegal, and homeland-security pathways. The list below ranks them by share of total credentials awarded in this field — a directional measure of program scale and focus.

If you are choosing a Public Safety & Criminal Justice program in New York, weigh program-specific accreditation, clinical or apprenticeship placement, and the institution's articulation agreements with New York public universities (for transfer-bound students) or its local employer relationships (for occupational tracks). Within New York published tuition tends to fall in a tight range, so the program-quality questions usually matter more than cost. The ranked list below is a useful starting point but should not substitute for a campus visit and a conversation with the program advisor.

Each college below links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers from the College Scorecard. Use the cost-and-aid guide for New York and the state's transfer-outcomes guide for additional context.

  1. Ulster County Community CollegeStone Ridge17%
  2. Herkimer County Community CollegeHerkimer17%
  3. CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx11%
  4. Monroe UniversityBronx11%
  5. Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo11%
  6. Erie Community CollegeBuffalo10%
  7. CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn9%
  8. CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City8%
  9. Sullivan County Community CollegeLoch Sheldrake8%
  10. CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York8%
  11. Columbia-Greene Community CollegeHudson8%
  12. CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside8%
  13. CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronx8%
  14. Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse7%
  15. Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown7%
  16. Clinton Community CollegePlattsburgh7%
  17. Monroe Community CollegeRochester7%
  18. Bryant & Stratton College-AlbanyAlbany7%
  19. Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn7%
  20. Rockland Community CollegeSuffern6%
  21. Nassau Community CollegeGarden City6%
  22. SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville6%
  23. Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden6%
  24. Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica5%
  25. Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie5%
  26. Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown5%
  27. Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady5%
  28. Fulton-Montgomery Community CollegeJohnstown5%
  29. SUNY AdirondackQueensbury4%
  30. Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy4%
  31. Orange County Community CollegeMiddletown4%
  32. SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla4%
  33. SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton4%
  34. Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthLiverpool4%
  35. Genesee Community CollegeBatavia4%
  36. SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred3%
  37. North Country Community CollegeSaranac Lake3%
  38. Bryant & Stratton College-GreeceRochester3%
  39. Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn3%
  40. SUNY Corning Community CollegeCorning2%
  41. Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden2%
  42. Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua2%

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