2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Connecticut

There was only one school in Connecticut to review for the 2024 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Connecticut ranking.

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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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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 who is interested in criminal justice needs to check out University of New Haven. Located in the 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

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in criminal justice needs to check out Sacred Heart University. Sacred Heart is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield.More information about a degree in criminal justice from Sacred Heart University

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.

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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

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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.