2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Corrections in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,039 people earned their degree in corrections, making the major the 434th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 56 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in corrections. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in corrections.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree corrections students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Corrections in Pennsylvania

1

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pennsylvania Highlands is a small school located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Corrections Report

2

Mount Aloysius College
Cresson, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Aloysius College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mount Aloysius is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cresson, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Corrections in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.