2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Tennessee
4Colleges in Tennessee
298Criminal 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 looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 298 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. 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.
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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee
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.
Bethel University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the distant town of McKenzie, Bethel is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1370 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bethel is a great university overall.
There were approximately 133 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Bethel in the most recent year we have data available.
Austin Peay State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the midsize city of Clarksville, Austin Peay State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1456 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Austin Peay State University is a great university overall.More information about a degree in criminal justice studies from Austin Peay State University
King University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the city of Bristol, King is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 26th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 24 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at King in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in criminal justice studies has to check out Lane College. Lane College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Jackson. This college ranks 41st out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 10 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Lane College in the most recent data year.
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. 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.
