2024 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Criminal Justice & Corrections is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #30 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 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice & corrections students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 master's degrees in criminal justice & corrections during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminal justice & corrections students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice & corrections students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for criminal justice & corrections to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice & corrections related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminal justice & corrections students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools

The criminal justice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Washington.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminal Justice & Corrections in Washington

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for criminal justice & corrections students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice

1

Seattle University
Seattle, WA

39 Annual Graduates

$55,596 Median Starting Salary

Seattle University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, criminal justice master's recipients typically earn about $55,596 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Seattle University

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA

14 Annual Graduates

Central Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. CWU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Ellensburg.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Central Washington University

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	352
Oregon	158	26
Nevada	105	13
Hawaii	85	14
Alaska	52	7

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Criminal Justice & Corrections Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Criminal Justice & Corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Criminal Justice Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	53

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.