2024 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii

Criminal Justice & Corrections is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice & corrections students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 associate degrees in criminal justice & corrections during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of criminal justice & corrections students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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 associate 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 associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice & Corrections in Hawaii

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in criminal justice & corrections.

Top Hawaii Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice

1

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI

1 Annual Graduates

Hawaii Pacific University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in criminal justice & corrections. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Honolulu.More information about a associate in criminal justice & corrections from Hawaii Pacific University

1

Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI

6 Annual Graduates

Chaminade University of Honolulu is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in criminal justice & corrections. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Honolulu.More information about a associate in criminal justice & corrections from Chaminade University of Honolulu

2

Honolulu Community College
Honolulu, HI

22 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to check out Honolulu Community College. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Honolulu CC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice & corrections from Honolulu Community College

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	192	7,647
Oregon	147	170
Washington	131	155
Nevada	112	274
Alaska	54	1

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Criminal Justice & Corrections Related Rankings by Major

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

Criminal Justice Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Police Science	40
Criminal Justice Studies	6
Criminal Justice	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Protection	72
Homeland Security	3

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.