2024 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Criminal Justice is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 70 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminal justice students who choose to seek a bachelor's 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 related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice students working on their bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice in Arkansas

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for criminal justice students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice

1

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Arkansas - Fort Smith if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Located in the city of Fort Smith, UAFS is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

2

Grantham University
LIttle Rock, AR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

92 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Grantham University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Grantham University is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of LIttle Rock.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Grantham University

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	188
Tennessee	460	690
North Carolina	453	293
Georgia	453	292
Virginia	421	377
South Carolina	370	504
Kentucky	331	325
Alabama	320	199
Louisiana	306	1
Mississippi	275	175
West Virginia	223	35

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 21 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	360
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	2

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.