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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #71 most popular major in North Carolina with 82 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Carolina 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Fayetteville State University the most popular school in North Carolina for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Fayetteville State University Report

#2

Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Methodist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Fayetteville, Methodist is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Appalachian State University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 632
Florida 631
Georgia 131
Tennessee 109
Kentucky 170
Louisiana 201
Alabama 211
South Carolina 61
Mississippi 41
Arkansas 21
West Virginia 205

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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