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

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

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #21 most popular major in Minnesota with 370 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

The Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Minnesota 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.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 70% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Capella University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Saint Paul is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in criminal justice at Concordia University, Saint Paul, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Concordia University, Saint Paul Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of St Thomas Minnesota is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 60% are male.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of St Thomas Minnesota

#4

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

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

Women make up 50% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

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Metropolitan State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 93
Iowa 36
Kansas 25
Nebraska 69
North Dakota 5

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 7 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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