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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

9 Colleges
$72,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #36 most popular major in the country with 7,783 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the criminal justice doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our 2023 rankings named George Mason University the best school in the Southeast Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

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#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

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#4

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

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#5

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.

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Georgia State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s best schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Florida International University

University of Central Florida landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well on this year’s best schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 632
Florida 631
Georgia 131
North Carolina 82
Tennessee 109
Kentucky 170
Louisiana 201
Alabama 211
South Carolina 61
Mississippi 41
Arkansas 21
West Virginia 205

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security 2,759
Security Science and Technology 1,875
Other Homeland Security 456
Fire Protection 172

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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