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Most Popular Schools for Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Liberty University 895 5% $40,075
2 Sam Houston State University 742 16% $22,478
3 Saint Leo University 736 17% $39,796
4 Ivy Tech Community College 728 3% $5,788
5 American Public University System 679 6% $6,880
6 Purdue University Global-Davenport 617 7% $14,343
7 Florida State University 571 5% $22,168
8 Ashford University 562 6% $13,230
9 Florida International University 524 4% $23,506
10 University of Central Florida 511 3% $22,548
11 Wake Technical Community College 506 6% $4,268
12 California State University-Sacramento 450 6% $26,454
13 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 423 4% $27,476
14 American InterContinental University 371 16% $11,937
15 San Diego State University 368 4% $29,318
16 South Texas College 353 5% $4,980
17 California State University-Fullerton 349 3% $27,738
18 University of Maryland-University College 328 2% $7,416
19 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 300 6% $24,035
20 California State University-East Bay 286 5% $25,143
21 Florida Atlantic University 282 4% $24,235
22 California State University-San Bernardino 282 6% $23,878
23 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 267 2% $32,443
24 University of Nebraska at Omaha 263 8% $22,300
25 Central Georgia Technical College 263 5% $4,378
26 University of Houston-Downtown 258 7% $7,732
27 El Paso Community College 257 6% $4,089
28 The University of Texas at El Paso 255 6% $23,843
29 California State University-Dominguez Hills 253 6% $23,722
30 The University of Texas at Arlington 251 2% $26,660
31 University of North Texas 246 3% $24,712
32 The University of Texas at San Antonio 245 4% $23,715
33 Columbus State University 244 13% $21,746
34 Troy University 237 7% $20,147
35 Central Texas College 237 6% $12,754
36 Kent State University at Kent 234 3% $25,886
37 East Carolina University 229 4% $21,672
38 Texas State University 219 3% $23,130
39 San Francisco State University 216 3% $27,480
40 Bethel University 211 20% $31,570
41 Westfield State University 210 14% $25,120
42 Passaic County Community College 208 16% $6,670
43 Bridgewater State University 208 8% $26,811
44 Rutgers University-Newark 207 7% $32,708
45 ASA College 200 16% $33,460
46 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 198 3% $23,694
47 Portland State University 195 3% $26,085
48 Albany Technical College 193 9% $3,512
49 California State University-Long Beach 188 2% $24,738
50 Grambling State University 186 24% $26,091
51 The University of Alabama 185 2% $29,872
52 Temple University 182 2% $33,004
53 California State University-Stanislaus 181 7% $21,886
54 California State University-Los Angeles 179 3% $26,139
55 California State University-Chico 173 4% $24,624
56 SUNY at Albany 172 4% $26,734
57 Eastfield College 172 8% $3,770
58 University of North Florida 172 4% $21,384
59 Columbia College 171 33% $33,123
60 San Jose State University 170 2% $29,193
61 Lindenwood University 170 5% $30,500
62 Illinois State University 166 3% $29,758
63 College of Southern Nevada 166 3% $4,667
64 Lewis University 166 9% $46,758
65 Kennesaw State University 165 3% $25,773
66 Metropolitan State University of Denver 164 5% $9,066
67 South Georgia Technical College 163 12% $7,148
68 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 162 5% $21,380
69 Lamar University 162 3% $22,641
70 Capella University 159 2% $15,011
71 University of Wisconsin-Platteville 158 9% $19,323
72 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 155 4% $27,074
73 Western Carolina University 153 6% $17,705
74 Boston University 152 2% $72,618
75 William Paterson University of New Jersey 152 6% $29,335
76 Radford University 150 7% $24,088
77 Florida Gulf Coast University 148 5% $20,390
78 Wiregrass Georgia Technical College 147 7% $4,070
79 SUNY Buffalo State 146 6% $25,846
80 Savannah Technical College 143 5% $4,044
81 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 140 2% $22,537
82 Stanly Community College 140 13% $4,037
83 Central Washington University 139 5% $23,201
84 Fayetteville Technical Community College 139 4% $3,964
85 Tarleton State University 135 4% $21,795
86 University of Illinois at Chicago 133 2% $30,866
87 Appalachian State University 131 3% $19,194
88 University of North Carolina at Pembroke 130 11% $17,088
89 Lone Star College System 129 1% $4,150
90 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 129 6% $24,073
91 Post University 129 10% $33,560
92 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 129 2% $24,486
93 Georgia State University 127 2% $26,014
94 North Carolina Central University 124 8% $24,419
95 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 123 4% $25,637
96 California State University-Bakersfield 121 6% $26,009
97 Weber State University 120 2% $20,511
98 Worcester State University 120 8% $26,491
99 University of North Georgia 120 4% $20,492
100 Southern Crescent Technical College 119 4% $5,842

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 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.