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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

3 Colleges
$31,065 Avg Salary
$18,728 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections students earned 494 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Colleges.

Top Rhode Island Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our 2023 rankings named New England Institute of Technology the best school in Rhode Island for criminal justice and corrections students working on their associate degree. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the small city of Warwick, CCRI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

On average, criminal justice graduates from CCRI take out $13,622 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,462
Connecticut 1,260
New Hampshire 1,478
Maine 247
Vermont 207

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fire Protection 13,766
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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