2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in South Carolina
9Colleges in South Carolina
461Criminal 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 9 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 461 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.
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 South Carolina.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in South Carolina
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 South Carolina Schools in Criminal Justice Studies
It's difficult to beat Columbia College if you wish to pursue a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Columbia College South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 29th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 50 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia College South Carolina in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Midlands Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the suburb of West Columbia, MTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1280 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MTC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 51 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at MTC in the most recent year we have data available.
York Technical College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. York Technical College is a small public college located in the city of Rock Hill. This college ranks 34th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 25 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at York Technical College in the most recent data year.
Bob Jones University is a good option for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Greenville. This university ranks 21st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 18 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Bob Jones University in the most recent data year.
GTC is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Greenville. A Best Colleges rank of #805 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GTC is a great college overall.
There were about 29 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at GTC in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Orangeburg, Claflin is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 41st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 58 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Claflin in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Greenwood, Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 27th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 17 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Piedmont Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Conway. A Best Colleges rank of #1332 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 27 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Orangeburg, OCtech is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1498 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means OCtech is a great college overall.
There were approximately 52 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at OCtech 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.
