2025 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Criminal Justice & Corrections is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #83 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 doctor's degrees in criminal justice & corrections during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminal justice & corrections students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice & corrections students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for criminal justice & corrections to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice & corrections related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminal justice & corrections students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Criminal Justice & Corrections in Florida

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in criminal justice & corrections.

Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Criminal Justice

1

Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL

23 Annual Graduates

Saint Leo University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in criminal justice & corrections. St. Leo University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the town of Saint Leo.More information about a doctorate in criminal justice & corrections from Saint Leo University

2

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

14 Annual Graduates

$90,969 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in criminal justice & corrections has to take a look at Nova Southeastern University. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the criminal justice program make an average of $90,969 in their early career salary.

More information about a doctorate in criminal justice & corrections from Nova Southeastern University

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	127	5
Georgia	126	4
South Carolina	91	0
Kentucky	87	5
Arkansas	58	3

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Criminal Justice & Corrections Related Rankings by Major

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting programs to choose from.

Criminal Justice Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	48

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.