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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$72,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree School for You

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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminal Justice & Corrections program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of Cincinnati - Main Campus to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 72% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Michigan State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Indiana University - Bloomington

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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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