John Jay College of Criminal Justice Business Programs

John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a public institution located in New York, New York. The location of John Jay is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is John Jay College of Criminal Justice?

Contact details for John Jay are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	524 W 59Th St, New York, NY 10019
Phone:	212-237-8000
Website:	www.jjay.cuny.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/JJC.CUNY
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/JohnJayCollege

How Do I Get Into John Jay?

You can apply to John Jay online at: www.cuny.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for John Jay

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into John Jay?

The acceptance rate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice is 37%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 35%, and the acceptance rate for women is 40%.

Average Test Scores

About 97% of students accepted to John Jay submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 580. Math scores were between 510 and 580.

John Jay received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 25.

Can I Afford John Jay College of Criminal Justice?

The overall average net price of John Jay is $37,080. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At John Jay, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $8,422 a year. That adds up to $33,688 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at John Jay is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 13,662 undergraduate students at John Jay, with 11,270 being full-time and 2,392 being part-time.

There are also 2,104 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,270 full-time undergraduates at John Jay, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of John Jay College of Criminal Justice students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,407
Black or African American	1,731
Hispanic or Latino	5,784
White	1,647
International Students	344
Other Races/Ethnicities	357

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 170 countries are represented at John Jay. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

In 2019-2020, 15,754 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at John Jay has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of John Jay

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice was 311.3%. This is the #185 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at John Jay regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Economics	53	5	58
TOTAL	53	5	58

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.