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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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

In 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections students earned 494 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 master's degree.

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Salve Regina University the most popular school in Rhode Island for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

Women make up 38% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 28 students majoring in criminal justice at RWU, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Out of the 4 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Online landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#4

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Rhode Island College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,462
Connecticut 1,260
New Hampshire 1,478
Maine 247
Vermont 207

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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