Ranked #27 in popularity, criminal justice is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 129 degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.
Your choice of criminal justice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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 degree levels they offer.
Thomas College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Waterville. This college ranks 14th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 28 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Thomas College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in criminal justice needs to check out Husson University. Husson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bangor. A Best Colleges rank of #1542 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Husson is a great university overall.
There were about 76 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Husson in the most recent data year.
University of Maine at Augusta is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice. UMA is a small public university located in the town of Augusta. This university ranks 16th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 12 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at UMA in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of criminal justice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
