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

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$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 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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Virginia 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

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in Virginia for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a very 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.

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Out of the 4 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

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

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. VCU is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richmond.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Virginia Commonwealth University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Management and Technology is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Arlington, University of Management and Technology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Management and Technology

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

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 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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