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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools

33 Colleges
$35,465 Avg Salary
$25,425 Avg Student Debt

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

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools ranking. This report analyzed 33 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges.

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 33 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Out of the 33 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools list. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Houston - Downtown is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students pursuing an online degree. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

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Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for criminal justice and corrections students. It came in at #7 on the list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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#7

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Salve Regina University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Sam Houston State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools ranking. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

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#10

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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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 33 schools only.

  • 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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