2025 Best Criminal Justice Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
62Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
6,122Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in criminal justice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 62 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice. Combined, these schools handed out 6,122 degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.
Your choice of criminal justice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of criminal justice degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in criminal justice. Located in the large city of New York, John Jay is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #163 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means John Jay is a great college overall.
There were approximately 1436 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at John Jay in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat St John's University - New York if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. STJ is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Queens. A Best Colleges rank of #298 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means STJ is a great university overall.
There were approximately 171 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at STJ in the most recent data year.
Monroe College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice. Located in the city of Bronx, Monroe College is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #543 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Monroe College is a great college overall.
There were about 224 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Monroe College in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice has to look into Erie Community College. Located in the city of Buffalo, Erie Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 104th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 80 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Erie Community College in the most recent data year.
RMU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Moon Township. A Best Colleges rank of #520 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means RMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at RMU in the most recent data year.
Monroe Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Rochester. This college ranks 82nd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 72 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Monroe Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Marist is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #177 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marist is a great college overall.
There were roughly 63 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Marist in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #200 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means TCNJ is a great college overall.
There were about 59 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at TCNJ in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Hamburg, Hilbert College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Hilbert College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 30 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Hilbert College in the most recent year we have data available.
HVCC is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Troy. This college ranks 75th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 74 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at HVCC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #426 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Nassau Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 145 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Nassau Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #594 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kean is a great university overall.
There were approximately 160 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Criminal Justice Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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).
Your choice of criminal justice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
