Many area public safety professionals, including police officers, corrections officers, and federal criminal justice employees get their start at MWCC. The MWCC Criminal Justice program provides students with the option of selecting a law enforcement concentration or a corrections concentration. The law enforcement concentration emphasizes areas such as community policing, investigation, criminalistics, and administration of justice. The corrections concentration focuses on counseling and rehabilitation of offenders, probation, parole, community corrections and juvenile services. Criminal Justice is also a good foundation for those pursuing a career in law.
Transfer Options
For Criminal Justice student interested in continuing on for a bachelor’s degree, MWCC has transfer agreements with a number of colleges and universities including Fitchburg and Salem state colleges, and UMass Amherst, Boston, and Lowell. Through Joint Admissions agreements with public colleges, participants with a 3.0 QPA will receive a 33 1/3 percent tuition (not fee) waiver when they transfer. At UMass Amherst, they will receive a 100 percent tuition (not fee) waiver!