2025 Best Criminal Justice Schools in Rhode Island
3Colleges in Rhode Island
309Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminal Justice Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 309 degrees in criminal justice annually.
The criminal justice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice rankings. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Rhode Island 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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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.
Salve Regina University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Newport. This university ranks 440th out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were approximately 113 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in criminal justice has to check out Roger Williams University. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bristol. This university ranks 7th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 113 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in criminal justice needs to take a look at Johnson & Wales University - Providence. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #236 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means JWU Providence is a great university overall.
There were about 61 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The criminal justice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice rankings. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
