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Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

3 Colleges
$37,685 Avg Salary
$16,035 Avg Student Debt

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular subjects to study in Virginia. With 2,948 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which online undergraduate 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 undergraduate certificate.

#1

Germanna Community College

Locust Grove, VA

Our analysis found Germanna Community College to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in Virginia. Located in the rural area of Locust Grove, Germanna Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 57% are male.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, criminal justice graduates from Germanna Community College carry an average student debtload of $9,563.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Virginia. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

About 10% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 90% are male.

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Mountain Empire Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. MECC is a small public school located in the distant town of Big Stone Gap.

Of the 2 students majoring in criminal justice at MECC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,158
North Carolina 2,702
Florida 4,869
Tennessee 1,212
Kentucky 1,015
South Carolina 993
Louisiana 972
Arkansas 665
Alabama 1,413
Mississippi 581
West Virginia 1,320

More Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings in Virginia

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.

  • 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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