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Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

3 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Our analysis found Nova Southeastern University to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

About 57% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 43% are male.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Nova Southeastern University Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Liberty University

#3

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Explore the most popular online criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 632
Florida 631
Georgia 131
North Carolina 82
Tennessee 109
Kentucky 170
Louisiana 201
Alabama 211
South Carolina 61
Mississippi 41
Arkansas 21
West Virginia 205

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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 3 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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