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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 182 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #56 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 school below is the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular school in Illinois for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

Of the 4 students majoring in criminal justice at WIU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Western Illinois University

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Ohio 236
Indiana 103
Wisconsin 43

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 values are for the top school 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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