2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee
Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections 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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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 Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Tennessee 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.
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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges.
Most Popular Tennessee Schools in Criminal Justice & Corrections
Our analysis found Bethel University to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Bethel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of McKenzie.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee list. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.
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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. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The excellent programs at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Tennessee. UT Chattanooga is a large public school located in the city of Chattanooga.
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Out of the 9 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lincoln Memorial University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the distant town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Tennessee State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee list. Tennessee State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Nashville.
South College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee ranking. South College is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
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Martin Methodist College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Tennessee list. Martin Methodist is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Pulaski.
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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
Majors Related to Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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