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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2 Colleges
$65,234 Avg Salary
$18,395 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our 2023 rankings named Portland State University the best school in the Far Western US Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.

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#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Far Western US Region . SDSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Diego.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 13,151
Washington 553
Oregon 477
Nevada 684
Hawaii 173
Alaska 73

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 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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