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

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.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 43 master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Corrections School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in criminal justice matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Iowa ranking is to help you make that choice.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of criminal justice and corrections students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for criminal justice and corrections.

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

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

Mount Mercy University
Cedar Rapids, IA

20 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Mount Mercy University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Mount Mercy is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections in Iowa.

There were about 20 criminal justice and corrections individuals who graduated with this degree at Mount Mercy in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Saint Ambrose University
Davenport, IA

14 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Saint Ambrose University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections. St. Ambrose University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Davenport. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in criminal justice and corrections in Iowa.

There were approximately 14 criminal justice and corrections individuals who graduated with this degree at St. Ambrose University in the most recent data year.

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

3

Simpson College
Indianola, IA

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Simpson College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections. Located in the town of Indianola, Simpson College is a private not-for-profit college with a small 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 Iowa.

There were approximately 9 criminal justice and corrections individuals who graduated with this degree at Simpson College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in criminal justice and corrections from Simpson College

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	184	142
Minnesota	169	204
Kansas	144	43
Nebraska	116	42
North Dakota	100	0

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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	24
Criminal Justice Studies	19

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security	7

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.