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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

3 Colleges
$65,234 Avg Salary
$18,395 Avg Student Debt

With 181 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #65 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

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 in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which online graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the most popular online school in Pennsylvania for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Cal U is a medium-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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#2

DeSales University

Center Valley, PA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at DeSales University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the rural area of Center Valley, DeSales is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in criminal justice at DeSales, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at DeSales University Report

#3

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Delaware Valley University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Doylestown, DelVal is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Delaware Valley University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 580
Maryland 25
New Jersey 105
District of Columbia 38
Delaware 68

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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 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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