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

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.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of criminal justice & corrections. Combined, these schools handed out 211 master's degrees in criminal justice & corrections to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Corrections School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of criminal justice & corrections for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality criminal justice program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminal justice & corrections students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminal justice & corrections students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt criminal justice & corrections students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Ohio Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

111 Annual Graduates

$44,679 Median Starting Salary

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati.

Those criminal justice & corrections students who get their master's degree from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus earn $5,993 more than the standard criminal justice student.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

2

Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH

33 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to check out Xavier University. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cincinnati.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Xavier University

3

Tiffin University
Tiffin, OH

19 Annual Graduates

Tiffin University is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Tiffin.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Tiffin University

4

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

10 Annual Graduates

$39,753 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections has to take a look at Kent State University at Kent. Kent State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kent.

Students who graduate with their master's from the criminal justice program state that they receive average early career wages of $39,753.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Kent State University at Kent

5

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

3 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from University of Toledo

6

Franklin University
Columbus, OH

13 Annual Graduates

Franklin University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Franklin University

7

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Youngstown State University

8

Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, OH

10 Annual Graduates

$31,627 Median Starting Salary

Wright State University - Main Campus is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Dayton.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the criminal justice program make about $31,627 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Wright State University - Main Campus

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	178
Michigan	211	77
Indiana	191	101
Wisconsin	173	43

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting programs to choose from.

Criminal Justice Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	178
Criminal Justice	33

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Homeland Security	16
Security Science and Technology	10

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.