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Most Popular Schools for Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to apply theories and practices of organization management and criminal justice to the administration of public law enforcement agencies and operations. Includes instruction in law enforcement history and theory, operational command leadership, administration of public police organizations, labor relations, incident response strategies, legal and regulatory responsibilities, budgeting, public relations, and organizational leadership.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of Phoenix-Arizona 1,488 5% $10,912
2 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 1,445 38% $35,261
3 Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs 571 10% $13,374
4 CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College 523 13% $6,534
5 Arizona State University-Skysong 479 7% $27,521
6 Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix 389 11% $29,984
7 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 377 8% $30,552
8 Western Illinois University 374 14% $25,997
9 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 367 7% $20,471
10 Columbia College 362 9% $36,352
11 National University College 299 10% $7,508
12 University of Phoenix-California 293 8% $10,912
13 University of New Haven 285 13% $58,306
14 Monroe College 278 11% $31,278
15 CUNY LaGuardia Community College 271 9% $6,734
16 University of Louisville 256 6% $27,980
17 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus 249 13% $7,520
18 CUNY Kingsborough Community College 239 9% $6,768
19 Union Institute & University 236 41% $14,472
20 Grantham University 226 13% $7,452
21 CUNY Queensborough Community College 218 9% $6,574
22 Valencia College 213 2% $3,740
23 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 211 2% $36,652
24 Virginia Commonwealth University 207 3% $32,041
25 Park University 206 7% $24,499
26 Nassau Community College 205 6% $7,680
27 CUNY Bronx Community College 205 11% $6,570
28 Eastern Kentucky University 202 5% $23,706
29 Ashford University 194 2% $13,230
30 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale 192 4% $22,208
31 Kean University 189 6% $30,475
32 University of South Carolina-Columbia 188 2% $28,301
33 St John's University-New York 177 5% $61,408
34 Grand Valley State University 175 3% $24,948
35 Michigan State University 173 1% $28,862
36 University of Mississippi 161 3% $25,436
37 Middle Tennessee State University 158 3% $22,964
38 University of Central Missouri 154 4% $19,953
39 University of Memphis 147 3% $25,423
40 Florida Technical College 142 8% $13,175
41 Hillsborough Community College 137 2% $16,666
42 Berkeley College-New York 137 12% $25,900
43 Boise State University 135 3% $23,076
44 Walden University 134 1% $13,020
45 Norwich University 123 10% $58,054
46 Austin Peay State University 122 5% $24,946
47 Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies 122 26% $22,777
48 Utah Valley University 120 2% $6,450
49 National University 120 2% $15,024
50 Hudson Valley Community College 118 6% $7,312
51 Wilmington University 117 2% $13,010
52 Roger Williams University 117 10% $54,642
53 CUNY Hostos Community College 115 9% $6,572
54 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 114 5% $23,614
55 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus 112 5% $7,520
56 Tidewater Community College 112 3% $7,061
57 Excelsior College 111 2% N/A
58 Strayer University-Virginia 111 7% $14,730
59 Colorado State University-Global Campus 111 3% N/A
60 Georgia Military College 110 6% $18,051
61 Pikes Peak Community College 106 3% $5,640
62 University of Colorado Colorado Springs 104 4% $25,843
63 Tennessee State University 103 7% $22,998
64 Berkeley College-Woodland Park 101 8% $25,900
65 Northeastern State University 100 6% $17,666
66 Rio Salado College 100 2% $3,494
67 University of Management and Technology 100 9% $9,690
68 University of Puerto Rico-Carolina 96 16% $9,373
69 Lake Superior State University 94 16% $24,477
70 Broward College 93 1% $5,834
71 Wayland Baptist University 90 6% $33,318
72 Salve Regina University 90 10% $58,500
73 Lock Haven University 89 9% $26,893
74 Calumet College of Saint Joseph 87 29% $20,670
75 Citadel Military College of South Carolina 87 9% $29,663
76 University of South Carolina-Upstate 86 7% $25,442
77 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 86 2% $29,357
78 Johnson County Community College 85 3% $4,350
79 Northern Virginia Community College 85 1% $7,410
80 Long Island University 85 2% $56,283
81 Columbia Southern University 83 1% $6,223
82 Erie Community College 81 3% $21,186
83 Union County College 80 5% $6,556
84 East Tennessee State University 79 3% $24,068
85 Missouri Southern State University 79 6% $17,666
86 Salem State University 79 3% $27,384
87 Johnson & Wales University-Providence 78 3% $50,454
88 Onondaga Community College 77 6% $17,310
89 North Carolina Wesleyan College 76 14% $44,050
90 Eastern Gateway Community College 76 14% $5,076
91 Argosy University-Phoenix Online Division 75 6% $15,204
92 Bristol Community College 74 5% $6,776
93 Tiffin University 74 9% $40,200
94 Bryant & Stratton College-Online 73 9% $16,418
95 Bethel University 72 7% $31,570
96 Bluegrass Community and Technical College 71 2% $5,328
97 Iona College 70 7% $57,440
98 Tarleton State University 69 2% $21,795
99 Central Christian College of Kansas 68 36% $30,280
100 Quincy College 68 8% $8,518

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.