2025 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Connecticut

Ranked #27 in popularity, criminal justice is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 267 degrees in criminal justice annually.

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• Best Overall Criminal Justice Schools List

Pick Your Criminal Justice Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Criminal Justice in Connecticut

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the criminal justice degree levels they offer.

Top Connecticut Schools in Criminal Justice

1

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

242 Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded

3.7% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice has to look into University of New Haven. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in criminal justice from University of New Haven

2

Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Charter Oak State College if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice. Charter Oak State College is a small public college located in the suburb of New Britain.More information about a degree in criminal justice from Charter Oak State College

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	740
Rhode Island	436	278
Maine	396	128
New Hampshire	395	99
Vermont	352	149

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Criminal Justice Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	488
Criminal Justice & Police Science	266
Law Enforcement Investigation & Interviewing	138
Security & Loss Prevention Services	27
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	23
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	20
Corrections	2
Securities Services Administration/Management	1

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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.