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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the New England Region

28 Colleges
$41,105 Avg Salary
$23,948 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections 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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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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the New England Region to see which 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for criminal justice and corrections students. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.

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#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

The excellent programs at University of New Haven helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a large student population.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salve Regina University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the New England Region list. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Newport.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 28 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Anna Maria College

Paxton, MA

Anna Maria College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the rural area of Paxton, Anna Maria is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#6

New England College

Henniker, NH

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

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Northeastern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students. It came in at #8 on the list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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Roger Williams University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Roger Williams University Report

#10

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

With a ranking of #10, Westfield State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the suburb of Westfield, Westfield is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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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).

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