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Largest criminal justice programs in the United States
U.S. criminal justice programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2,029 |
| 2 | University of Phoenix-Arizona | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 1,359 |
| 3 | Liberty University | Lynchburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1,196 |
| 4 | Purdue University Global | West Lafayette | Public, 4-year | 1,044 |
| 5 | Sam Houston State University | Huntsville | Public, 4-year | 921 |
| 6 | Santa Ana College | Santa Ana | Public, 4-year | 915 |
| 7 | American Public University System | Charles Town | For-profit, 4-year | 864 |
| 8 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | Charlottesville | Public, 4-year | 728 |
| 9 | East Los Angeles College | Monterey Park | Public, 2-year | 713 |
| 10 | Ivy Tech Community College | Indianapolis | Public, 2-year | 704 |
| 11 | Trinity Valley Community College | Athens | Public, 4-year | 687 |
| 12 | American InterContinental University | Chandler | For-profit, 4-year | 628 |
| 13 | Florida State University | Tallahassee | Public, 4-year | 620 |
| 14 | California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | Public, 4-year | 560 |
| 15 | Santa Rosa Junior College | Santa Rosa | Public, 2-year | 540 |
| 16 | University of Central Florida | Orlando | Public, 4-year | 530 |
| 17 | Community College of Baltimore County | Baltimore | Public, 2-year | 512 |
| 18 | Columbia Southern University | Orange Beach | For-profit, 4-year | 499 |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | Public, 4-year | 489 |
| 20 | Florida International University | Miami | Public, 4-year | 470 |
| 21 | Camden County College | Blackwood | Public, 2-year | 438 |
| 22 | Broward College | Fort Lauderdale | Public, 4-year | 438 |
| 23 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | 415 |
| 24 | University of New Haven | West Haven | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 409 |
| 25 | Ashford University | San Diego | For-profit, 4-year | 395 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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