2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Rhode Island
4Colleges in Rhode Island
297Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
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.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 297 degrees in criminal justice during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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. 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.
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.
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 Rhode Island 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.
Every student pursuing a degree in criminal justice needs to look into Roger Williams University. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bristol. This university ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 105 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year.
Salve Regina University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Newport. This university ranks 686th out of 2,217 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were about 130 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in criminal justice needs to check out Johnson & Wales University - Providence. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #483 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JWU Providence is a great university overall.
There were about 51 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in criminal justice has to check out Johnson & Wales University - Online. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 11 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at JWU Online 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. 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.
