Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Washington

2 Colleges
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 53 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #62 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which master'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.

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

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle University the most popular school in Washington for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

Of the 39 students majoring in criminal justice at Seattle U, 18% are male and 82% are female.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Seattle University

Out of the 2 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.

About 71% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Central Washington University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 353
Oregon 32
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 7

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 averages are for the top 2 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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.