2024 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Virginia
9Colleges in Virginia
2,428Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Awarded
Ranked #16 in popularity, criminal justice studies is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,428 degrees in criminal justice studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of criminal justice studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in Virginia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the criminal justice studies degree levels they offer.
Liberty University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were about 1222 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
George Mason University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Northern Virginia Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #385 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northern Virginia Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 164 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Radford University if you wish to pursue a degree in criminal justice studies. Radford is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Radford. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 115 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Salem, Roanoke is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 24th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 23 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Roanoke in the most recent data year.
ECPI University is a large private for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ECPI University is a great university overall.
There were about 52 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at ECPI University in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Bluefield, Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 34th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 28 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Bluefield College in the most recent data year.
Virginia State is a small public university located in the large suburb of Petersburg. This university ranks 60th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 67 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Virginia State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, VWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 39th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 17 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at VWU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of criminal justice studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
