2025 Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in Georgia

If you pursue a associate degree in criminal justice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #10 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 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 99 associate degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminal justice students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminal justice students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice in Georgia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for criminal justice students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Georgia Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice

1

Thomas University
Thomasville, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Thomas University is a good option for students interested in an associate degree in criminal justice. TU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Thomasville.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Thomas University

2

Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

Georgia Military College is a great choice for students interested in an associate degree in criminal justice. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized public college located in the town of Milledgeville.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Georgia Military College

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	16
Florida	232	710
North Carolina	231	1
Tennessee	170	12
Arkansas	161	44
Virginia	158	314
Kentucky	129	213
Louisiana	124	23
South Carolina	105	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 21 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	338
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	61
Criminal Justice & Police Science	3

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.