2024 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a associate degree in criminal justice & police science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #14 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of criminal justice & police science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 103 associate degrees in criminal justice & police science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Police Science School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of criminal justice & police science for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality police science program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminal justice & police science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminal justice & police science students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice & police science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice & police science students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice & Police Science in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in criminal justice & police science.

Top Louisiana Schools for an Associate in Police Science

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

59 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice & police science has to look into Delgado Community College. Located in the city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Delgado Community College

2

Louisiana State University - Eunice
Eunice, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University - Eunice is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in criminal justice & police science. LSU Eunice is a small public university located in the town of Eunice.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Louisiana State University - Eunice

3

Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in criminal justice & police science has to take a look at Baton Rouge Community College. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, BRCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Baton Rouge Community College

Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	13
Florida	232	20
North Carolina	231	0
Georgia	217	0
West Virginia	180	29
Tennessee	170	67
Arkansas	161	52
Virginia	158	0
Kentucky	129	19
Alabama	109	272
South Carolina	105	0

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Criminal Justice & Police Science Related Rankings by Major

Criminal Justice & Police Science is one of 21 different types of Criminal Justice & Corrections programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Police Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	134
Criminal Justice	23

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.