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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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$48,557 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 38 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #79 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia 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.

Check out the criminal justice master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in District of Columbia.

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the most popular school in District of Columbia for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 82% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at American University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of the District of Columbia is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in criminal justice at University of the District of Columbia, 92% are male and 8% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at George Washington University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 580
Pennsylvania 181
Maryland 25
New Jersey 105
Delaware 68

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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