2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,814 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Mississippi, there were 225 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice studies.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Mississippi

1

Delta State University
Cleveland, Mississippi

#10 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi list. Delta State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

#14 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jackson State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jackson, Mississippi. It awarded 3 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Mississippi list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 3 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.