About Technical Management
Why Technical Management with a Specialty in Criminal Justice?
Do you aspire to be a police officer or an FBI agent or to advance your career in the law enforcement field? Because these professionals today face a greater array of challenges and opportunities than ever before, DeVry's criminal justice specialty within the Technical Management degree program can help you achieve your dream. In addition to dealing with issues of politics and ethics and increasingly complex laws, law enforcement officers must be knowledgeable in the current technological advances that play a major role in police science.
A degree in Technical Management with a specialty in criminal justice not only provides the experience and knowledge you need on the job, it makes these positions - from police officer to FBI agent to private investigator to border patrol professional - attainable! According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2002 and 2012 there will be more than 200,000 openings in criminal justice careers. More than 80% of these positions will require a college degree. To gain entry in more specialized criminal justice careers like the FBI, Secret Service and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a bachelor's degree is mandatory.
Now you can earn a Technical Management degree with a specialty in criminal justice from DeVry - in less than 3 years! - and gain the skills and credentials you need to launch or advance a career in this exciting, growing field.
Why DeVry for Technical Management with a Specialty in Criminal Justice?
For students seeking the most comprehensive, hands-on and career-oriented technical management degree completion program with criminal justice courses, DeVry will give you an advantage. Here's why:
- Recognized leader. Unlike other criminal justice schools, DeVry has been a leader in technology-based education for over 75 years, uniquely preparing you for in-demand, criminal justice careers.
- Employer approved. DeVry works with criminal justice industry leaders to design criminal justice courses that produce graduates who meet their needs. Plus, our Technical Management degree holders have more of the communications and teamwork skills that today's employers seek.
- Career-focused education. DeVry offers an accelerated bachelor's degree completion program, application-based learning in up-to-date computer labs, accessible faculty with technical expertise and professional experience in the field, and the ultimate flexibility of a Technical Management degree earned online.
- Technical specialty. As a Technical Management student at DeVry you can pursue a technical specialty in criminal justice, with criminal justice courses that allow you to possess the knowledge, skills and experience to excel in this growing, specialized field.
- Competitive advantage. With qualifying prior credit to apply, you'll complete your technical management degree in less time and less expensively than you would in traditional criminal justice schools, allowing you to launch or advance your criminal justice career ahead of the competition.
- Successful graduates. For the year ending with the October '06 graduates, 92% of DeVry Technical Management graduates in the active job market were employed in their field at an salary averaging $52,000.
