2025 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate Degree Schools in New York

College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 713 associate degrees in criminal justice & police science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Police Science School for Your Associate Degree

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminal justice & police science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminal justice & police science students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice & police science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminal justice & police science students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice & Police Science in New York

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in criminal justice & police science.

10 Top New York Schools for an Associate in Police Science

1

Monroe College
Bronx, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

109 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice & police science needs to check out Monroe College. Monroe College is a medium-sized private for-profit college located in the large city of Bronx.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Monroe College

2

Erie Community College
Buffalo, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Erie Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in criminal justice & police science. Erie Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Buffalo.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Erie Community College

3

Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Monroe Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in criminal justice & police science. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, Monroe Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Monroe Community College

4

Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

331 Annual Graduates

Borough of Manhattan Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in criminal justice & police science. Located in the city of New York, BMCC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Borough of Manhattan Community College

5

Berkeley College - New York
New York, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of New York, Berkeley College - New York is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice & police science from Berkeley College - New York

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Criminal Justice & Police Science Related Rankings by Major

Criminal Justice & Police Science is one of 21 different types of Criminal Justice & Corrections programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Police Science

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.