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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

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$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #74 most popular major in Michigan with 79 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Michigan to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Michigan. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Grand Valley State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Michigan. Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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#5

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Madonna University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 182
Ohio 236
Indiana 103
Wisconsin 43

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

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 5 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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