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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$72,554 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, criminal justice and corrections was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 7,783 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the criminal justice doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 57% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in the Plains States Region . UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

Of the 3 students majoring in criminal justice at UNOMAHA, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at North Dakota State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in the Plains States Region . UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of North Dakota Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 93
Minnesota 370
Iowa 36
Kansas 25
Nebraska 69
North Dakota 5

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 5 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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