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

Ranked #30 in popularity, criminal justice & corrections is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 270 master's degrees in criminal justice & corrections to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 colleges for criminal justice & corrections students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools

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 & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections.

Top New Hampshire Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice

1

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

222 Annual Graduates

$48,635 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to check out Southern New Hampshire University. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

Master's students who receive their degree from the criminal justice program earn an average of $48,635 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from Southern New Hampshire University

2

New England College
Henniker, NH

48 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to look into New England College. NEC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Henniker.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from New England College

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	384
Connecticut	153	210
Rhode Island	127	101
Vermont	91	11
Maine	90	14

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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
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	222
Security & Loss Prevention Services	48

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	227

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.