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

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 421 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 account for this we consider 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 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 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma

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

Top Oklahoma Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK

43 Annual Graduates

$48,204 Median Starting Salary

$27,156 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to look into University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the suburb of Norman.

Those criminal justice & corrections students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus make $13,611 more than the standard criminal justice grad.

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2

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK

124 Annual Graduates

$34,226 Median Starting Salary

$22,875 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of Central Oklahoma if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public university with a large student population.

After graduating, criminal justice bachelor's recipients typically make around $34,226 in the first five years of their career.

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3

Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK

93 Annual Graduates

$32,029 Median Starting Salary

$23,050 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat Northeastern State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections. NSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

After graduating, criminal justice bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $32,029 in their early careers.

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4

East Central University
Ada, OK

9 Annual Graduates

$36,094 Median Starting Salary

$21,553 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & corrections needs to take a look at East Central University. ECU is a small public university located in the town of Ada.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the criminal justice program state that they receive average early career wages of $36,094.

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5

Rogers State University
Claremore, OK

20 Annual Graduates

$40,089 Median Starting Salary

$17,880 Median Student Debt

RSU is a small public university located in the fringe town of Claremore.

Bachelor's recipients from the criminal justice & corrections major at Rogers State University make $5,496 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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6

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, OK

17 Annual Graduates

$30,353 Median Starting Salary

$15,250 Median Student Debt

Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Durant.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the criminal justice program make about $30,353 for their early career.

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7

Cameron University
Lawton, OK

28 Annual Graduates

$26,629 Median Starting Salary

$20,328 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Lawton, Cameron University is a public university with a small student population.

After graduating, criminal justice bachelor's recipients typically earn about $26,629 in the first five years of their career.

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8

Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, OK

14 Annual Graduates

$30,819 Median Starting Salary

NWOSU is a small public university located in the town of Alva.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the criminal justice program report average early career wages of $30,819.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	4,865
Arizona	200	1,914
New Mexico	133	358

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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	210
Criminal Justice Studies	133
Corrections	30
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	28
Criminal Justice & Police Science	20

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Security Science and Technology	163
Homeland Security	21
Other Homeland Security	5

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.