2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Washington
4Colleges in Washington
219Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in criminal justice studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 219 degrees in criminal justice studies to qualified students.
The criminal justice studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in Washington
The schools below may not offer all types of criminal justice studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Washington Schools in Criminal Justice Studies
Central Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. CWU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Ellensburg. A Best Colleges rank of #339 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 144 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies has to look into Seattle University. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #155 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Seattle U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 44 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent year we have data available.
Saint Martin's University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 40th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 12 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Saint Martin's in the most recent year we have data available.
Heritage University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. Heritage University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Toppenish. This university ranks 19th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 17 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Heritage University 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).
The criminal justice studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
