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

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 Arkansas 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 11 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 Arkansas

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

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Little Rock. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections in Arkansas. More information about a master’s in criminal justice and corrections from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

2 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In AR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections has to take a look at Arkansas State University - Main Campus. A-State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Jonesboro. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections in Arkansas. More information about a master’s in criminal justice and corrections from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	599
Georgia	186	150
Virginia	175	405
North Carolina	167	112
Tennessee	156	107
Alabama	147	212
South Carolina	141	80
Louisiana	140	234
Kentucky	140	96
Mississippi	120	34
West Virginia	108	209

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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
Criminal Justice Studies	11

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	40

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.