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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Minnesota

7 Colleges
$43,738 Avg Salary
$31,982 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

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

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The Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections 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 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 .

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 7 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Saint Cloud State University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

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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. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

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

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 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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