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

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #34 most popular major in Mississippi with 41 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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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 Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Mississippi

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

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

#1

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi College the best school in Mississippi for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Clinton.

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#2

University of Mississippi

University, MS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, MS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Carey University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. William Carey University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Hattiesburg.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Mississippi. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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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