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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools

29 Colleges
$65,234 Avg Salary
$18,395 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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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 graduate certificate.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular online school in the United States for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 46 students majoring in criminal justice at Liberty University, 65% are male and 35% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at American Public University System 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 fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in criminal justice at American Military University, 66% are male and 34% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Houston - Downtown helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the United States. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

About 33% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 67% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Of the 19 students majoring in criminal justice at ASU - Skysong, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salve Regina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 32% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Criminal Justice majors at Salve Regina take out an average of $21,761 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in criminal justice at University of Virginia, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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Sam Houston State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

Of the 11 students majoring in criminal justice at SHSU, 82% are male and 18% are female.

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California University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

Women make up 25% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#8

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

Iona College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in criminal justice at Iona, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 33% are male.

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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 29 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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