2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in District of Columbia
3Colleges in District of Columbia
74Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 74 degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.
The criminal justice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in District of Columbia.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in District of Columbia
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminal justice degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top District of Columbia Schools in Criminal Justice
It's difficult to beat Trinity Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in criminal justice. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.
There were roughly 17 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Trinity College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Strayer University - Global Region if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Washington.
There were about 43 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Strayer University - Global Region in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in criminal justice has to check out Strayer University - District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - District of Columbia is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 14 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Strayer University - District of Columbia 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).
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The criminal justice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
