2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Massachusetts
8Colleges in Massachusetts
852Criminal 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.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 852 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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in Massachusetts
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.
It is difficult to beat University of Massachusetts - Lowell if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #288 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMass Lowell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 348 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at UMass Lowell in the most recent data year.
Curry College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice. Located in the large suburb of Milton, Curry is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 54th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 23 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Curry in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in criminal justice needs to look into Salem State University. Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #802 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Salem State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 112 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Salem State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Merrimack College if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. Located in the large suburb of North Andover, Merrimack is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 49th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 76 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Merrimack in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Paxton, Anna Maria is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #738 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Anna Maria is a great college overall.
There were roughly 74 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Anna Maria in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Chicopee, Elms College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #870 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Elms College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 15 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Elms College in the most recent data year.
MWCC is a small public college located in the rural area of Gardner. This college ranks 53rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 36 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at MWCC in the most recent data year.
MassBay Community College is a small public college located in the suburb of Wellesley Hills. This college ranks 55th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 34 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at MassBay Community College 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. 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.
