2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Criminal Justice Studies is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #12 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminal justice studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminal justice studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The criminal justice studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice Studies in Rhode Island

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice Studies

1

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

53 Annual Graduates

Rhode Island College is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Rhode Island College

2

New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, RI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

New England Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from New England Institute of Technology

Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	865
Connecticut	341	310
Vermont	289	42
Maine	281	26
New Hampshire	276	64

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Criminal Justice Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice	204
Criminal Justice & Police Science	4
Securities Services Administration/Management	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.