2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Mississippi
3Colleges in Mississippi
273Criminal 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 273 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. 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in Mississippi
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.
Top Mississippi Schools in Criminal Justice Studies
It is difficult to beat University of Southern Mississippi if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Southern Miss is a great university overall.
There were roughly 71 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Southern Miss in the most recent year we have data available.
Jackson State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Jackson State is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Jackson. This university ranks 16th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 101 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Jackson State in the most recent year we have data available.
Alcorn State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Alcorn State is a small public university located in the remote area of Alcorn State. This university ranks 21st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 19 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Alcorn State 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.
