2024 Best Criminal Justice Master's Degree Schools in Alabama

Ranked #69 in popularity, criminal justice is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminal Justice Master's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 182 master's degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice School for Your Master's Degree

The criminal justice master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality criminal justice 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 make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminal justice students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in Alabama.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminal Justice in Alabama

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice.

Top Alabama Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice

1

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

53 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in criminal justice has to look into Columbia Southern University. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in criminal justice from Columbia Southern University

2

Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

71 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminal justice has to check out Faulkner University. Located in the city of Montgomery, Faulkner is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in criminal justice from Faulkner University

3

Troy University
Troy, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in criminal justice has to look into Troy University. TROY is a large public university located in the town of Troy.More information about a master’s in criminal justice from Troy University

4

University of North Alabama
Florence, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in criminal justice needs to take a look at University of North Alabama. Located in the city of Florence, UNA is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in criminal justice from University of North Alabama

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	83
Georgia	370	43
North Carolina	334	41
Virginia	331	27
Tennessee	313	109
Kentucky	268	96
South Carolina	260	37
Mississippi	243	23
West Virginia	164	6

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Criminal Justice Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	20
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	9

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.