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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Washington

2 Colleges
$40,187 Avg Salary
$22,163 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

In 2020-2021, 53 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #62 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges.

Top Washington Schools in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle University the best school in Washington for criminal justice and corrections students. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Washington list. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 353
Oregon 32
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 7

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 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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