2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,465 and had an average of $25,425 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 207 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,110 and $27,348 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,031 and $14,660 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice and corrections program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Vermont

1

Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont

#11 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont list. This medium-sized school is located in Montpelier, Vermont, and it awarded 11 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at CCV

2

Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont

#10 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is a small school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 1 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Vermont University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report

3

Castleton University
Castleton, Vermont

#7 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Vermont list. Castleton University is a small school located in Castleton, Vermont that handed out 9 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Castleton

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.