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

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 43 master's degrees in criminal justice & corrections to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice

1

University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, WI

39 Annual Graduates

$53,605 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a good choice for students pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Master's recipients from the criminal justice & corrections program at University of Wisconsin - Platteville earn $7,268 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from University of Wisconsin - Platteville

2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee if you wish to pursue a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. UWM is a very large public university located in the city of Milwaukee.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	178
Michigan	211	77
Ohio	207	211
Indiana	191	101

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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	43

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.