2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Wisconsin

Criminal Justice Studies is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #56 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the most popular for criminal justice studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 master's degrees in criminal justice studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for criminal justice studies.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminal Justice Studies in Wisconsin

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Criminal Justice Studies Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, WI

39 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a popular choice for students interested in a master's degree in criminal justice studies. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Platteville. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice studies in Wisconsin. More information about a master’s in criminal justice studies from University of Wisconsin - Platteville

2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

12 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice studies in Wisconsin. More information about a master’s in criminal justice studies from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

 

Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	530	69
Michigan	470	29
Ohio	466	212
Indiana	352	13

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Criminal Justice Studies Related Rankings by Major

Criminal Justice Studies is one of 13 different types of Criminal Justice & Corrections programs to choose from.

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.