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 4 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,320 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.
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 Kentucky list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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's difficult to beat University of Louisville if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. UofL is a very large public university located in the city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 238 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year.
University of the Cumberlands is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice. Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #434 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cumberlands is a great university overall.
There were roughly 51 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Cumberlands in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in criminal justice has to look into Eastern Kentucky University. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 163 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Campbellsville University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice. Campbellsville University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Campbellsville. This university ranks 8th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 35 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Campbellsville University 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.
