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2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Plains States Region

12 Ranked Colleges
166 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Cost*
Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region

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Criminal Justice is the 27th most popular major in the country with 32,891 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,617 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 166 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 12 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Plains States Region

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Grantham University
Lenexa, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grantham University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Lenexa, Kansas, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 85 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.

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Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sitting Bull College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region. Sitting Bull College is a small public school situated in Fort Yates, North Dakota. It awarded 2 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

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Bryan University
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region list. Bryan University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 6 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

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Park University
Parkville, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.

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Central Christian College of Kansas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in McPherson, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Central Christian College

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Columbia College
Columbia, Missouri

Columbia College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 31 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

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Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Washburn University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Topeka, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

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Crowder College
Neosho, Missouri

Crowder College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Crowder College is a small public school situated in Neosho, Missouri. It awarded 0 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

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Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

Butler Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in El Dorado, Kansas, and it awarded 0 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Butler Community College Criminal Justice Report

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Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri

Lincoln University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. LU Missouri is a small school located in Jefferson City, Missouri that handed out 18 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

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Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

Sinte Gleska University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Plains States Region list. Sinte Gleska University is a small public school situated in Mission, South Dakota. It awarded 0 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

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