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

9 Colleges
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 109 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #41 most popular major in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Tennessee to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

Our 2023 rankings named Bethel University the most popular school in Tennessee for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Bethel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of McKenzie.

Women make up 53% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Middle Tennessee State University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

About 43% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 57% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Tennessee State University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 88% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Lincoln Memorial University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Tennessee. Located in the town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 88% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Lincoln Memorial University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. UT Chattanooga is a large public school located in the city of Chattanooga.

Of the 8 students majoring in criminal justice at UT Chattanooga, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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#7

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

Tennessee State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Tennessee State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

Women make up 67% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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

#8

South College

Knoxville, TN

With a ranking of #8, South College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. South College is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

Women make up 33% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #9, Martin Methodist College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Martin Methodist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Pulaski.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Martin Methodist College Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 632
Florida 631
Georgia 131
North Carolina 82
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 9 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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