2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Oregon
4Colleges in Oregon
286Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Awarded
Ranked #16 in popularity, criminal justice studies is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 286 degrees in criminal justice studies annually.
Your choice of criminal justice studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Oregon list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in Oregon
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the criminal justice studies degree levels they offer.
Portland State University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. Portland State University is a very large public university located in the city of Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #399 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Portland State University is a great university overall.
There were about 164 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent data year.
Southern Oregon University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of Ashland. This university ranks 22nd out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 35 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Southern Oregon University in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in criminal justice studies needs to check out Portland Community College. Located in the city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #381 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Portland Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 46 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Portland Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Central Oregon Community College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the midsize city of Bend, COCC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 24th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 8 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at COCC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of criminal justice studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
