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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 113,121 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular online school in the United States for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Of the 46 students majoring in criminal justice at Liberty University, 65% are male and 35% are female.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Liberty University Report

Out of the 29 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 2 spot on the list. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

Of the 29 students majoring in criminal justice at American Military University, 66% are male and 34% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Houston - Downtown Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in criminal justice at ASU - Skysong, 63% are male and 37% are female.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salve Regina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools list. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

Women make up 32% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, criminal justice graduates from Salve Regina carry an average student debtload of $21,761.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Salve Regina University Report

University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate criminal justice and corrections programs. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

Of the 12 students majoring in criminal justice at University of Virginia, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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Sam Houston State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in criminal justice at SHSU, 82% are male and 18% are female.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University

California University of Pennsylvania came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 25% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at California University of Pennsylvania

#8

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

Iona College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate criminal justice and corrections programs. Iona is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Rochelle.

Of the 8 students majoring in criminal justice at Iona, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

About 67% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 33% are male.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

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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 29 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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