2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Virginia
10Colleges 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 looked at 10 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,428 degrees in criminal justice studies to qualified students.
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.
10 Top Virginia Schools in Criminal Justice Studies
George Mason University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 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 data year.
Liberty University is one of the finest schools in the country 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 very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1222 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult 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 #205 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northern Virginia Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 164 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Radford University if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice studies. Radford is a medium-sized public university located in the fringe town of Radford. A Best Colleges rank of #811 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Radford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 115 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent data year.
ECPI University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach. A Best Colleges rank of #215 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ECPI University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at ECPI University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Petersburg, Virginia State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 50th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 67 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Virginia State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Virginia Beach, VWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 44th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 17 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at VWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Farmville, Longwood is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 31st out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 56 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Longwood in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Salem, Roanoke is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 25th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 23 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Roanoke in the most recent year we have data available.
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 46th out of 57 schools 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 year we have data available.
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.
