2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
81Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
6,122Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in criminal justice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 81 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,122 degrees in criminal justice during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of criminal justice 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 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.
The criminal justice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Criminal Justice Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of criminal justice degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a great option for students interested in a degree in criminal justice. Located in the large city of New York, John Jay is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #212 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means John Jay is a great college overall.
There were approximately 1436 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at John Jay in the most recent year we have data available.
Delaware Technical Community College - Terry is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in criminal justice. Delaware Tech is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Dover. A Best Colleges rank of #492 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Delaware Tech is a great college overall.
There were approximately 8 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Delaware Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat St John's University - New York if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. STJ is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Queens. A Best Colleges rank of #592 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means STJ is a great university overall.
There were approximately 171 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at STJ in the most recent data year.
Robert Morris University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice. RMU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Moon Township. A Best Colleges rank of #853 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means RMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at RMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Bronx, Monroe College is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #752 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Monroe College is a great college overall.
There were about 224 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Monroe College in the most recent year we have data available.
Widener is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Chester. A Best Colleges rank of #275 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Widener is a great university overall.
There were about 31 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Widener in the most recent data year.
QCC is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Bayside. This college ranks 79th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 201 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at QCC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #502 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wilmington University is a great university overall.
There were about 108 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Wilmington University in the most recent data year.
Waynesburg is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Waynesburg. This university ranks 74th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 34 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Waynesburg in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie, Marist is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #382 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Marist is a great college overall.
There were about 63 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Marist in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Branchburg, RVCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 36th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 55 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at RVCC in the most recent data year.
KCC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Brooklyn. This college ranks 81st out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 175 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at KCC in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Criminal Justice Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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 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 schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
