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CIP PROGRAM: 43.0104
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 7815 31105 3050
2021 7689 30900 3321
2022 7871 31517 3405
2023 7451 31159 3509
2024 6490 29542 3316
Change -4.66% +0.17% +15.05%

Related CIPs

43 HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
43.01 Criminal Justice and Corrections.
43.0100 Criminal Justice and Corrections, General.
43.0102 Corrections.
43.0103 Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration.
43.0104 Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.
43.0106 Forensic Science and Technology.
43.0107 Criminal Justice/Police Science.
43.0109 Security and Loss Prevention Services.
43.0110 Juvenile Corrections.
43.0111 Criminalistics and Criminal Science.
43.0112 Securities Services Administration/Management.
43.0113 Corrections Administration.
43.0114 Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing.
43.0115 Law Enforcement Record-Keeping and Evidence Management.
43.0116 Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism.
43.0117 Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation.
43.0118 Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis.
43.0119 Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations.
43.0120 Protective Services Operations.
43.0121 Suspension and Debarment Investigation.
43.0122 Maritime Law Enforcement.
43.0123 Cultural/Archaelogical Resources Protection.
43.0199 Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Adelphi University25 +9.52%
Alabama State University36 -7.84%
Albany State University75 +53.66%
Albertus Magnus College31 -21.88%
Albizu University-Miami1 -100.00%
Alcorn State University20 -5.00%
Alice Lloyd College13 -
American InterContinental University System4 -100.00%
American International College35 -
American Public University System469 +22.46%
American University103 +17.91%
American University of Puerto Rico22 -73.68%
American University of Puerto Rico12 -72.22%
Amridge University2 -50.00%
Anderson University8 +12.50%
Angelo State University51 -
Appalachian State University143 +31.82%
Arkansas Tech University37 +126.32%
Ashford University235 -15.73%
Athens State University11 -33.33%
Auburn University at Montgomery21 +78.26%
Augusta University23 -17.24%
Aurora University76 +6.41%
Baldwin Wallace University31 +27.78%
Ball State University104 +11.93%
Barton College6 -
Bay Path University3 -
Bellevue University49 -
Belmont Abbey College16 -27.27%
Bemidji State University59 -
Benedictine University14 +20.83%
Bethel University11 -
Bethel University65 -39.05%
Blackburn College9 -15.38%
Blue Mountain Christian University5 -
Bluefield State University9 -61.54%
Bluefield University15 -
Bluffton University12 +20.00%
Bob Jones University14 -
Boise State University126 -
Boston College6 -20.00%
Boston University2 +50.00%
Bowie State University102 -5.06%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus92 -6.72%
Briar Cliff University8 -
Bridgewater State University145 -23.36%
Bryan College-Dayton3 +140.00%
Buena Vista University19 -21.74%
Cairn University-Langhorne7 -
Caldwell University32 +73.33%
California State University-Bakersfield168 +4.94%
California State University-Chico152 -28.72%
California State University-Dominguez Hills172 +3.32%
California State University-East Bay166 +46.91%
California State University-Fullerton339 -3.83%
California State University-Long Beach286 +30.17%
California State University-Los Angeles367 +10.48%
California State University-Northridge439 +171.17%
California State University-Sacramento539 +9.65%
California State University-San Bernardino319 -8.81%
California State University-Stanislaus179 -2.99%
Calumet College of Saint Joseph64 -
Cambridge College6 -
Capella University11 -12.50%
Carolina University6 -
Centenary University13 -23.08%
Central Michigan University35 -
Central Penn College17 -3.70%
Central State University288 +522.22%
Central Washington University140 -7.91%
Chaminade University of Honolulu29 -65.22%
Champlain College11 -37.50%
Chicago State University33 -18.60%
Chowan University12 -40.00%
Christian Brothers University2 -71.43%
Claflin University30 +25.71%
Clark Atlanta University39 -
Coastal Carolina University2 -
Coe College11 +2500.00%
College of Coastal Georgia23 +15.00%
College of the Ozarks16 +366.67%
Colorado Mesa University64 -19.12%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs446 -
Columbia College30 -66.97%
Columbus State University41 -15.25%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania80 -
Concordia University Ann Arbor12 +11.11%
Concordia University-Nebraska8 +30.00%
Concordia University-Saint Paul29 +13.79%
Concordia University-Wisconsin8 -35.29%
Coppin State University27 +12.90%
Crown College5 -20.00%
Curry College63 -32.38%
Dakota Wesleyan University5 +100.00%
Dallas Baptist University9 -15.38%
DeSales University30 -
Delta State University10 -50.00%
Dillard University26 +93.33%
Doane University1 -40.00%
Dordt University4 -57.14%
ECPI University69 -43.48%
East Carolina University162 +13.69%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania66 -24.75%
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus36 +8.82%
Edgewood College10 -58.33%
Edward Waters University24 -4.17%
Elizabeth City State University43 +78.26%
Elizabethtown College8 +100.00%
Empire State University2 -
Endicott College39 -18.18%
Fairmont State University54 -17.46%
Faulkner University88 +6.41%
Fayetteville State University87 -11.76%
Felician University15 +4.35%
Ferrum College8 -25.00%
Fitchburg State University38 +14.29%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University102 +6.90%
Florida Atlantic University292 -1.84%
Florida Gulf Coast University120 -12.43%
Florida International University492 +21.21%
Florida State University517 +5.04%
Fort Hays State University41 -43.10%
Fort Valley State University26 +48.48%
Franciscan University of Steubenville7 -
Freed-Hardeman University6 -28.57%
Friends University11 +50.00%
Frostburg State University30 -28.81%
Gannon University24 +147.37%
George Washington University63 +51.92%
Georgia Gwinnett College66 -10.45%
Georgia State University177 +10.87%
Georgian Court University11 -7.14%
Goldey-Beacom College15 -17.65%
Goodwin University6 -71.43%
Goshen College2 -
Governors State University50 -16.67%
Grace College and Theological Seminary2 -25.00%
Graceland University-Lamoni13 -7.69%
Grambling State University109 +25.00%
Grand View University18 -8.00%
Guilford College20 -65.38%
Harding University25 -63.16%
Harris-Stowe State University29 -12.82%
Henderson State University11 -21.43%
Heritage University16 +30.77%
Herzing University-Akron1 -
Herzing University-Atlanta2 -9.09%
Herzing University-Birmingham1 -
Herzing University-Kenosha1 -
Herzing University-Madison4 -34.62%
Herzing University-Minneapolis1 -100.00%
Herzing University-Orlando4 -
High Point University45 +2.27%
Hodges University7 -57.14%
Holy Family University19 -
Hood College23 -30.00%
Hope International University8 -
Houghton University2 -
Houston Christian University12 +233.33%
Howard University52 -8.11%
Illinois State University176 -4.58%
Immaculata University7 -50.00%
Indian River State College69 -21.25%
Indiana Institute of Technology21 +50.00%
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies32 +20.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington120 +9.82%
Indiana University-Indianapolis91 -21.68%
Indiana University-Northwest23 +24.14%
Indiana University-South Bend19 +24.00%
Indiana University-Southeast25 -33.33%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion11 -18.75%
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global33 -
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla35 -36.00%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo31 -9.09%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas8 -41.18%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo20 -16.67%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama15 -12.50%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro43 -27.59%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce45 -44.59%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German15 -
Iowa State University110 +21.10%
Jackson State University55 +50.00%
Jacksonville State University35 -61.82%
Jarvis Christian University25 +21.43%
John Brown University2 -
Kennesaw State University173 +11.89%
Kent State University at Kent155 -10.36%
Kentucky State University11 -58.62%
Kentucky Wesleyan College14 -10.00%
King University20 -7.69%
King's College34 -9.09%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania84 -20.19%
La Roche University12 -47.62%
La Salle University37 +14.89%
La Sierra University61 +17.78%
Lamar University94 -2.94%
Lane College18 -70.59%
Lenoir-Rhyne University5 -
Lewis University73 +11.88%
Lewis-Clark State College19 -17.65%
Liberty University572 +11.23%
Lincoln University39 +28.57%
Lindenwood University74 -34.86%
Lindsey Wilson College20 -34.78%
Lipscomb University2 -100.00%
Livingstone College14 -50.00%
Longwood University47 -16.42%
Loras College15 -25.00%
Louisiana Christian University11 +150.00%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria35 -13.89%
Louisiana State University-Shreveport14 -5.26%
Lourdes University15 -
Madonna University38 -38.10%
Manchester University4 +66.67%
Manhattanville College4 -
Marian University27 +60.00%
Marshall University44 -32.20%
McDaniel College20 -
McNeese State University44 -22.50%
Mercer University12 -
Mercyhurst University30 +9.38%
Messiah University2 -50.00%
Methodist University23 +31.58%
Metropolitan State University63 -23.08%
Metropolitan State University of Denver153 -1.88%
Midwestern State University31 -42.55%
Minnesota State University Moorhead39 -4.55%
Minnesota State University-Mankato33 -
Minot State University33 -
Mississippi Valley State University15 -37.04%
Missouri Baptist University21 -46.88%
Missouri Western State University38 -28.89%
Mitchell College10 -17.65%
Molloy College25 +21.43%
Monmouth University41 -
Montana State University Billings15 +21.43%
Morningside University15 -
Mount Marty University9 +37.50%
Murray State University30 +47.06%
National American University-Rapid City12 -46.43%
Nebraska Wesleyan University12 +14.29%
Neumann University13 -44.44%
New England Institute of Technology11 -33.33%
New Mexico Highlands University10 -33.33%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus152 -4.49%
Newman University6 -14.29%
Nicholls State University26 +633.33%
Nichols College27 +84.62%
North Carolina A & T State University101 +5.77%
North Carolina Central University114 -12.23%
North Dakota State University-Main Campus56 -13.73%
Northeastern Illinois University34 -47.14%
Northeastern University34 -3.23%
Northern Arizona University14 -
Northern Kentucky University57 -17.46%
Northern Michigan University64 -
Northern State University15 -
Northwestern State University of Louisiana46 +5.45%
Nova Southeastern University26 +37.50%
Oakland City University6 -37.50%
Ohio Northern University13 -15.79%
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus4 -
Ohio University-Eastern Campus1 -
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus5 -
Ohio University-Main Campus25 -
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus2 -
Oklahoma Christian University5 -
Olivet Nazarene University38 -43.90%
Our Lady of the Lake University20 +4.55%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus1 -100.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington46 -10.87%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona16 -51.85%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver2 -44.44%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks13 -40.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny4 -40.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg27 -
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton1 -66.67%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill2 -25.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre1 +57.14%
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus80 -
Pennsylvania Western University92 -
Peru State College32 -34.21%
Pfeiffer University18 -11.76%
Piedmont University12 +33.33%
Pittsburg State University15 -10.53%
Platt College-Ontario11 -47.06%
Platt College-Riverside4 -50.00%
Plymouth State University56 +12.90%
Point Loma Nazarene University23 -
Point Park University22 -29.41%
Polk State College47 -5.00%
Portland State University151 -16.11%
Post University91 -2.41%
Prairie View A & M University99 +62.67%
Purdue University Fort Wayne3 -
Purdue University Global387 +14.29%
Quincy University10 +20.00%
Quinnipiac University32 -21.95%
Radford University116 -30.82%
Regis College7 -
Reinhardt University13 -44.44%
Rhode Island College53 -22.67%
Rider University40 +72.00%
Roanoke College17 +76.92%
Roosevelt University35 +68.18%
Rosemont College14 -40.00%
Rutgers University-Camden76 -20.24%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick167 -13.39%
Rutgers University-Newark194 -11.62%
SUNY Brockport93 -16.54%
SUNY Buffalo State University85 -19.86%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh47 -34.38%
SUNY College at Potsdam19 +18.52%
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi7 -90.48%
SUNY Morrisville28 -12.12%
SUNY Oneonta80 -40.63%
SUNY at Fredonia30 -11.11%
Sacred Heart University49 -20.37%
Saginaw Valley State University55 -8.96%
Saint Ambrose University27 +72.73%
Saint Cloud State University46 -25.00%
Saint Edward's University25 +43.75%
Saint Elizabeth University24 -
Saint Francis University9 +66.67%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine2 -20.00%
Saint Leo University225 -43.79%
Saint Louis University29 -32.14%
Saint Martin's University15 -25.00%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota12 +30.00%
Saint Peter's University39 -19.30%
Saint Xavier University35 +2.78%
Salem College3 -42.86%
Salem University10 -16.67%
Sam Houston State University815 -5.97%
San Diego State University415 +8.03%
San Francisco State University204 +11.30%
San Jose State University203 +8.72%
Seattle University29 +29.41%
Seton Hall University28 -15.56%
Seton Hill University20 +90.91%
Shaw University16 +42.86%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania56 -5.00%
Shorter University12 -37.50%
Siena Heights University42 -11.48%
Simpson College25 -26.92%
Sonoma State University57 -12.66%
South College15 +600.00%
Southeastern Louisiana University67 +15.28%
Southeastern Oklahoma State University29 -18.52%
Southeastern University24 -8.70%
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus27 -
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville83 -25.20%
Southern Nazarene University1 -
Southern Oregon University41 -41.67%
Southern University and A & M College89 -1.14%
Southern University at New Orleans23 +11.76%
Southwestern College11 -70.37%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University14 +25.00%
Spalding University1 -
Springfield College26 +15.38%
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education6 -66.67%
St. Francis College36 -28.57%
St. Thomas University31 +172.73%
State University of New York at Oswego119 +2.04%
Stephen F Austin State University29 +462.50%
Sul Ross State University36 -
Sullivan University1 -93.33%
Tarleton State University145 +18.11%
Temple University136 -2.60%
Texas A & M University-Commerce199 +77.78%
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi60 -8.57%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville30 +56.00%
Texas A&M University-Texarkana29 +12.00%
Texas Christian University71 +144.83%
Texas State University340 +48.86%
Texas Wesleyan University22 -53.13%
Texas Woman's University28 -41.46%
The University of Olivet18 -25.00%
The University of Texas Permian Basin22 +69.23%
The University of Texas at Arlington142 -1.74%
The University of Texas at El Paso254 +5.20%
The University of Texas at San Antonio202 +8.07%
The University of Texas at Tyler39 -10.64%
Thomas College1 -
Thomas Edison State University18 -
Thomas More University6 -7.69%
Trine University28 -
Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses3 -
Troy University128 -33.04%
Truman State University18 +24.00%
United Tribes Technical College9 +80.00%
University at Albany203 +44.63%
University of Akron Main Campus87 +54.72%
University of Arkansas102 +14.89%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock73 -9.17%
University of Arkansas at Monticello7 -59.09%
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff35 -45.00%
University of Bridgeport27 +75.00%
University of Central Florida462 -0.77%
University of Central Oklahoma86 +53.73%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus197 +14.07%
University of Dayton43 +56.00%
University of Detroit Mercy15 -30.77%
University of Dubuque25 +16.67%
University of Evansville5 +100.00%
University of Guam33 -18.87%
University of Hawaii at Hilo36 -20.83%
University of Houston-Downtown241 -2.30%
University of Houston-Victoria25 -2.56%
University of Illinois Chicago215 +9.31%
University of Illinois Springfield24 -20.00%
University of Jamestown7 +75.00%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette49 -3.92%
University of Louisiana at Monroe28 -6.06%
University of Mary19 +93.33%
University of Maryland Global Campus349 +7.95%
University of Massachusetts Global39 -42.68%
University of Massachusetts-Boston144 +7.41%
University of Mount Olive36 -37.50%
University of Mount Union17 +5.26%
University of Nebraska at Kearney26 +28.00%
University of Nebraska at Omaha242 +5.74%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas308 +16.61%
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online13 +10.00%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte219 +22.39%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke146 +32.74%
University of North Dakota64 -15.69%
University of North Florida130 +16.00%
University of North Georgia110 +16.04%
University of North Texas266 +8.66%
University of North Texas at Dallas51 +16.90%
University of Northern Colorado87 -6.80%
University of Northwestern-St Paul6 +83.33%
University of Pikeville22 +100.00%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus15 -
University of Providence11 +8.33%
University of Scranton38 +2.86%
University of Sioux Falls19 +89.47%
University of South Dakota55 -33.33%
University of Southern Indiana42 -36.36%
University of Southern Mississippi49 -1.45%
University of Toledo76 +32.10%
University of West Florida50 +12.16%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire71 +57.50%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee119 +41.84%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh61 -4.23%
University of Wisconsin-Parkside50 -6.25%
University of Wisconsin-Platteville89 -13.76%
University of Wyoming83 -4.71%
University of the Cumberlands52 +57.69%
University of the Incarnate Word10 -54.84%
Utah Tech University53 +18.37%
Valdosta State University77 +11.84%
Vermont State University17 -
Virginia State University68 +18.03%
Virginia Wesleyan University24 -43.33%
Viterbo University8 -37.50%
Waldorf University36 -11.76%
Walsh University7 -
Wayne State College77 +12.50%
Wayne State University122 +54.17%
Weber State University101 +66.67%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania129 +39.71%
West Liberty University18 +46.15%
West Texas A & M University33 -8.89%
West Virginia State University25 -21.74%
West Virginia Wesleyan College17 -14.29%
Western Carolina University156 +19.20%
Western Michigan University79 -2.46%
Western New England University39 -6.67%
Western New Mexico University18 -6.67%
Westfield State University143 -34.06%
Westminster University6 +125.00%
Wheeling University5 -8.33%
Wichita State University73 +13.43%
William Paterson University of New Jersey123 +0.81%
William Woods University1 -60.00%
Williams Baptist University8 +25.00%
Wilmington College6 +33.33%
Wilson College3 -
Winona State University30 -14.63%
Winston-Salem State University36 +41.94%
Woodbury University4 -
Worcester State University83 -24.22%
Xavier University30 +4.76%
Youngstown State University112 +20.56%