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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 13,151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the most popular school in California for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Diego State University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Fresno Pacific University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in California. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Fresno Pacific University

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 553
Oregon 477
Nevada 684
Hawaii 173
Alaska 73

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 2 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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