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.

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.