2025 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island
3
Colleges in Rhode Island
204
Bachelor's Degrees
If you pursue a bachelor's degree in
criminal justice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program 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 reviewed 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of criminal justice. Combined, these schools handed out 204 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.
Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Criminal Justice School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of criminal justice for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality criminal justice program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminal justice students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other criminal justice students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- 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 bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Featured Criminal Justice Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.