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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #36 most popular major in the country with 7,783 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the New England Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

Women make up 63% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 61% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 45% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 55% are male.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 60% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Boston University

#5

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Out of the 28 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Newport.

About 38% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 62% are male.

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#6

Anna Maria College

Paxton, MA

With a ranking of #6, Anna Maria College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the rural area of Paxton, Anna Maria is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 48 students majoring in criminal justice at Anna Maria, 79% are male and 21% are female.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Anna Maria College Report

#6

New England College

Henniker, NH

New England College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 48 students majoring in criminal justice at NEC, 77% are male and 23% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, Northeastern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

About 88% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 12% are male.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northeastern University

Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 71% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Roger Williams University Report

#10

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

Westfield State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the suburb of Westfield, Westfield is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 42% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Westfield State University

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 414
Connecticut 214
Rhode Island 120
New Hampshire 270
Maine 14
Vermont 11

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

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 26 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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