2025 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Ranked #30 in popularity, criminal justice & corrections is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 master's degrees in criminal justice & corrections to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 master'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 master'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 colleges for criminal justice & corrections students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminal Justice & Corrections in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Master's in Criminal Justice

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

19 Annual Graduates

$48,610 Median Starting Salary

University of Mississippi is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduating, criminal justice master's recipients generally earn about $48,610 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from University of Mississippi

2

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat William Carey University if you want to pursue a master's degree in criminal justice & corrections. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Hattiesburg.More information about a master’s in criminal justice & corrections from William Carey University

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	577
Georgia	190	127
Virginia	182	568
North Carolina	178	81
Tennessee	166	109
Alabama	151	211
Kentucky	147	110
Louisiana	147	201
South Carolina	146	61
Arkansas	121	18
West Virginia	112	176

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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	33
Criminal Justice & Police Science	17
Criminal Justice Studies	15

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	3
Security Science and Technology	1

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.