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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools

9 Colleges
$72,554 Avg Salary

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in criminal justice at Capella University, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Capella University Report

#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Nova Southeastern University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in criminal justice at NUS Florida, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at California University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the United States. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

Women make up 23% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online doctor’s degree. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Of the 4 students majoring in criminal justice at SHSU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

With a ranking of #6, Liberty University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#7

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

Tarleton State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Tarleton State University Report

#7

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Northcentral University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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#7

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Lauderdale.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Report

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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 9 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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