2024 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire

Ranked #4 in popularity, criminal justice & corrections is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Hampshire to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice & corrections students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 359 associate degrees in criminal justice & corrections to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate 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 - 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice & corrections students working on their associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list to help you make the college decision.

 

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for criminal justice & corrections students seeking a an associate degree.

Top New Hampshire Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice

1

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

295 Annual Graduates

$35,932 Median Starting Salary

$22,232 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in an associate 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 midsize suburb of Manchester.

Associate students who receive their degree from the criminal justice program earn around $35,932 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a associate in criminal justice & corrections from Southern New Hampshire University

2

NHTI-Concord's Community College
Concord, NH

39 Annual Graduates

$33,798 Median Starting Salary

$12,000 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to take a look at NHTI-Concord's Community College. Located in the fringe town of Concord, NHTI is a public college with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the criminal justice program state that they receive average early career wages of $33,798.

More information about a associate in criminal justice & corrections from NHTI-Concord’s Community College

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	137	654
Connecticut	101	360
Rhode Island	70	92
Maine	69	104
Vermont	58	12

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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
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	295
Criminal Justice	61
Criminal Justice & Police Science	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fire Protection	17
Security Science and Technology	13

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.