2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in South Carolina
8Colleges in South Carolina
572Criminal 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 8 schools in South Carolina 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 572 degrees in criminal justice during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in South Carolina
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.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice. UofSC is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 223 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice. Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #435 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means The Citadel is a great college overall.
There were roughly 67 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at The Citadel in the most recent year we have data available.
Anderson University South Carolina is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Anderson. A Best Colleges rank of #811 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Anderson University South Carolina is a great university overall.
There were about 11 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Anderson University South Carolina in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in criminal justice has to take a look at Charleston Southern University. CSU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Charleston. This university ranks 20th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 37 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at CSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize suburb of Spartanburg, USC Upstate is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 18th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 66 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at USC Upstate in the most recent year we have data available.
South Carolina State University is a small public university located in the distant town of Orangeburg. This university ranks 43rd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 23 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at South Carolina State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Benedict College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 44th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 13 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Benedict College 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).