2025 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Ranked #28 in popularity, criminal justice is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 227 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 - The number of criminal justice students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The criminal justice 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice in Connecticut

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice

1

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

215 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice needs to take a look at University of New Haven. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of West Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice from University of New Haven

2

Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT

12 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice needs to take a look at Charter Oak State College. Located in the suburb of New Britain, Charter Oak State College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Charter Oak State College

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	432
Rhode Island	307	175
Vermont	289	138
Maine	281	103
New Hampshire	276	38

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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	246
Criminal Justice & Police Science	76
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	33
Security & Loss Prevention Services	32
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	7

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.