2025 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Massachusetts
8Colleges in Massachusetts
839Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major 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 8 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice. Combined, these schools handed out 839 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. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in Massachusetts
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminal justice degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat University of Massachusetts - Lowell if you wish to pursue a degree in criminal justice. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #276 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMass Lowell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 341 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at UMass Lowell in the most recent year we have data available.
Anna Maria College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice. Located in the rural area of Paxton, Anna Maria is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #471 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Anna Maria is a great college overall.
There were roughly 120 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Anna Maria in the most recent year we have data available.
Curry College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice. Located in the suburb of Milton, Curry is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #672 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Curry is a great college overall.
There were roughly 20 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Curry in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in criminal justice has to look into Salem State University. Located in the suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #466 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Salem State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 96 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Salem State in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of North Andover, Merrimack is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 44th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 103 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Merrimack in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Quincy, Quincy College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 1493rd out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were about 39 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Quincy College in the most recent year we have data available.
MassBay Community College is a small public college located in the large suburb of Wellesley Hills. This college ranks 57th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 16 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at MassBay Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Roxbury Crossing, Roxbury Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 902nd out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were approximately 16 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Roxbury Community College in the most recent data year.
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. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
