Criminal Justice Rankings by State (2027)

Choose your state to see its ranked programs and what a resident pays. 45 states and the District of Columbia each have a ranking. California has 138 ranked programs, the most of any state.

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More States and Territories With Criminal Justice Schools

Alaska (2 schools), American Samoa (1 school), Delaware (4 schools), Guam (2 schools), Hawaii (6 schools), Montana (7 schools), Northern Mariana Islands (1 school), Palau (1 school), Puerto Rico (22 schools), U.S. Virgin Islands (1 school), Vermont (4 schools).

Every criminal justice ranking, by degree level, student background, program feature and specialization

Sources for the State Rankings

• Awards, charges, completion and online enrollment: the Department of Education's IPEDS data: IPEDS completions and distance education, 2023-24; IPEDS tuition and fees and per-credit charges, 2023-24; IPEDS graduation rates; and IPEDS Outcome Measures and fall 2024 enrollment, from the 2024 provisional release. Programs are counted under the criminal justice codes in the federal CIP 43.01 series.

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