2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
124Colleges in the Southeast Region
16,072Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 124 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice studies. Combined, these schools handed out 16,072 degrees in criminal justice studies to qualified students.
Your choice of criminal justice studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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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 Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminal justice studies degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
24 Top Southeast Region Schools in Criminal Justice Studies
Florida State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 640 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies has to take a look at American Public University System. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #234 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 772 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies has to look into George Mason University. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in criminal justice studies needs to look into Liberty University. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1222 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Saint Leo, St. Leo University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 477 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at St. Leo University in the most recent year we have data available.
FIU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Miami. A Best Colleges rank of #262 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 649 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent year we have data available.
UCF is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #217 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were about 637 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #367 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNC Charlotte is a great university overall.
There were approximately 260 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #205 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northern Virginia Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 164 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent data year.
FAU is a very large public university located in the small city of Boca Raton. This university ranks 22nd out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 320 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at FAU in the most recent year we have data available.
Augusta Technical College is a small public college located in the medium-sized city of Augusta. A Best Colleges rank of #328 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Augusta Technical College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 28 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Augusta Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
ECU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Greenville. A Best Colleges rank of #275 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ECU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 210 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
Radford is a moderately-sized public university located in the fringe town of Radford. This university ranks 20th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 115 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #401 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Appalachian State is a great university overall.
There were about 145 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
FGCU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Fort Myers. This university ranks 37th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 153 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at FGCU in the most recent data year.
Indian River State College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce. This college ranks 25th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 63 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Indian River State College in the most recent data year.
Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the town of Richmond. This university ranks 12th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 5 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 160 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
WCU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Cullowhee. This university ranks 36th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 149 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 17th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 169 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 191 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at UNF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Dahlonega, UNG is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 33rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 123 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at UNG in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 108 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
Bethel is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of McKenzie. This university ranks 24th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 133 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Bethel in the most recent data year.
Rest of the Top Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
