2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Delaware

Criminal Justice & Corrections is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the most popular for criminal justice and corrections students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for criminal justice and corrections.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminal Justice & Corrections in Delaware

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for criminal justice and corrections students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Criminal Justice Students Working on Their Master's

1

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

60 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections needs to look into Wilmington University. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections in Delaware.

Soon after graduating, criminal justice master's recipients typically earn about $41,300 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice and corrections from Wilmington University

2

Wesley College
Dover, DE

2 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Wesley College is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections. Located in the city of Dover, Wesley College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. More information about a master’s in criminal justice and corrections from Wesley College

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	249	653
Pennsylvania	238	259
Maryland	190	234
New Jersey	178	115
District of Columbia	151	79

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Criminal Justice & Corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Criminal Justice Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	37
Criminal Justice	23
Criminal Justice Studies	2

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	53

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.