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

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

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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the New England Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing an online associate degree.

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

Of the 295 students majoring in criminal justice at SNHU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

On average, criminal justice graduates from SNHU take out $25,485 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southern New Hampshire University Report

#2

Post University

Waterbury, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

Of the 90 students majoring in criminal justice at Post University, 32% are male and 68% are female.

The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at Post University take out while working on their Associate Degree is $33,443.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Post University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Middlesex Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bedford.

Women make up 41% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at Middlesex Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,830.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Middlesex Community College

Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holyoke Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Holyoke Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Holyoke.

Women make up 56% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at Holyoke Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $9,178.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. NHTI is a small public school located in the fringe town of Concord.

Women make up 41% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Criminal Justice majors at NHTI take out an average of $14,169 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

Community College of Vermont ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Montpelier, CCV is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 36% are male.

After completing their Associate Degree, criminal justice graduates from CCV carry an average student debtload of $10,301.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Community College of Vermont

York County Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. York County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wells.

Women make up 86% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

On average, criminal justice graduates from York County Community College take out $14,602 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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University of Maine at Augusta landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the distant town of Augusta, UMA is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in criminal justice at UMA, 50% are male and 50% are female.

The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at UMA take out while working on their Associate Degree is $18,660.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Maine at Augusta

Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in criminal justice at RWU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#9

Bay State College

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #9, Bay State College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their online associate degree. Bay State College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Of the 4 students majoring in criminal justice at Bay State College, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Bay State College

Explore the most popular online criminal justice and corrections schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,462
Connecticut 1,260
New Hampshire 1,478
Maine 247
Rhode Island 494
Vermont 207

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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 16 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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