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

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Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree School for You

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 36 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminal Justice & Corrections program at each school on the list.

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

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 72% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#4

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Nova Southeastern University Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at California University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in the United States. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

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

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at California University of Pennsylvania

The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 38% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#7

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

With a ranking of #7, University of Louisville did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 40% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Louisville

#8

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at George Mason University Report

Georgia State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Georgia State University Report

Sam Houston State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. SHSU is a very 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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Criminal Justice & Corrections by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 27 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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