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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

With 113,121 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

Women make up 50% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#2

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Columbus, Franklin University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

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#3

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Xavier University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Explore the most popular online criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,094
Ohio 2,805
Illinois 2,483
Indiana 2,249
Wisconsin 1,134

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Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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