2024 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Ranked #7 in popularity, criminal justice & corrections is one of the most sought-after bachelor's 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.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 731 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice & corrections during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Corrections School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The criminal justice bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice & Corrections in Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice

1

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

367 Annual Graduates

$46,672 Median Starting Salary

$25,062 Median Student Debt

University of Maryland Global Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Criminal Justice & Corrections bachelor's degree recipients from University of Maryland Global Campus receive an earnings boost of about $8,758 over the average income of criminal justice & corrections majors.

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2

University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

60 Annual Graduates

$35,642 Median Starting Salary

$25,500 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat University of Baltimore if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UB is a public university with a small student population.

Soon after graduation, criminal justice bachelor's recipients generally make about $35,642 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice & corrections from University of Baltimore

3

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

54 Annual Graduates

$40,850 Median Starting Salary

$29,000 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to look into Coppin State University. Located in the city of Baltimore, Coppin is a public university with a small student population.

Those criminal justice & corrections students who get their bachelor's degree from Coppin State University make $2,936 more than the average criminal justice graduate.

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4

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

47 Annual Graduates

$31,984 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Frostburg State University is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the small suburb of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the criminal justice program report average early career wages of $31,984.

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5

Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD

40 Annual Graduates

$36,968 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Located in the large suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the criminal justice program earn an average of $36,968 in their early career salary.

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6

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

89 Annual Graduates

$35,964 Median Starting Salary

$29,750 Median Student Debt

Bowie State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Bowie.

Soon after graduating, criminal justice bachelor's recipients generally earn about $35,964 at the beginning of their careers.

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7

University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD

56 Annual Graduates

$28,721 Median Starting Salary

$28,027 Median Student Debt

Located in the town of Princess Anne, UMES is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the criminal justice program state that they receive average early career income of $28,721.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	3,973
Pennsylvania	274	2,285
New Jersey	193	1,695
Delaware	130	117
District of Columbia	126	293

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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	574
Criminal Justice & Police Science	116
Criminal Justice	41

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Security Science and Technology	141

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.