2025 Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

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 Missouri to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 associate degrees in criminal justice during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 full 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 Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice in Missouri

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

Top Missouri Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice

1

Columbia College
Columbia, MO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice has to look into Columbia College. Located in the city of Columbia, Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Columbia College

2

Park University
Parkville, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Park University is a great decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in criminal justice. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Parkville.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Park University

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	275	90
South Dakota	148	0
North Dakota	144	2

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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 & Police Science	95
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	43
Corrections	8
Criminal Justice Studies	1

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.