CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
About
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a public college focused on criminal justice located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 49 Title IV programs, 21 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 28 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing21 · 42.9%
- No Data28 · 57.1%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 3
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Feb 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 8,346 students received $50.2M in Pell grants, alongside $24.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,492 borrowers who entered repayment, 23 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at CUNY
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 8
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus4
- Public property8
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion3
- National origin2
- Sexual orientation2
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
CUNY vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CUNY selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 56% | — | 13,763 | $3,046 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Boise State University | 59% | 87.2% | 27,198 | $19,182 | R2 Research |
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 68% | 75.2% | 27,636 | $11,580 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California State University-East Bay | 48% | 97.4% | 12,326 | $11,276 | R2 Research |
California State University-Los Angeles | 53% | 91.3% | 23,163 | $4,113 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Cleveland State University | 51% | 91.3% | 14,074 | $16,065 | R2 Research |
East Tennessee State University | 53% | 86.2% | 13,728 | $15,794 | R2 Research |
Eastern Washington University | 43% | 90.7% | 10,492 | $13,091 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Kean University | 47% | 75.9% | 13,905 | $12,168 | Doctoral/Professional |
Lamar University | 37% | 86.4% | 17,772 | $11,429 | Doctoral/Professional |
Marshall University | 51% | 95.7% | 11,958 | $8,327 | R2 Research |
Middle Tennessee State University | 54% | 69.1% | 20,488 | $12,599 | R2 Research |
Missouri State University-Springfield | 58% | 90.5% | 24,360 | $17,502 | Doctoral/Professional |
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 51% | 94.2% | 33,881 | $6,500 | R2 Research |
University of Akron Main Campus | 52% | 59.7% | 13,332 | $14,981 | R2 Research |
University of Central Arkansas | 53% | 89.5% | 10,112 | $16,775 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of Central Oklahoma | 37% | 78.1% | 12,554 | $18,990 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Memphis | 51% | 72.0% | 20,276 | $13,253 | R1 Research |
University of Missouri-Kansas City | 54% | 72.2% | 14,732 | $12,837 | R2 Research |
University of Nebraska at Omaha | 49% | 87.0% | 14,972 | $12,791 | R2 Research |
University of North Florida | 65% | 53.2% | 16,154 | $10,353 | R2 Research |
University of South Alabama | 52% | 71.0% | 14,003 | $15,142 | R2 Research |
Valdosta State University | 42% | 72.3% | 10,262 | $11,298 | Doctoral/Professional |
Wayne State University | 58% | 81.2% | 23,803 | $14,773 | R1 Research |
Youngstown State University | 50% | 84.4% | 12,204 | $11,877 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 52% | 85.3% | 14,074 | $12,791 |
Common Data Set (7)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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