2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Indiana

Criminal Justice Studies is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #15 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of criminal justice studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 520 associate degrees in criminal justice studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice Studies School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of criminal justice studies for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various 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 much a school focuses on criminal justice studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminal justice studies 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 studies related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice Studies Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice Studies in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice Studies

1

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

180 Annual Graduates

Ivy Tech Community College is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing an associate degree in criminal justice studies. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public college located in the large city of Indianapolis.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from Ivy Tech Community College

2

Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

308 Annual Graduates

Purdue University Global is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in criminal justice studies. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from Purdue University Global

3

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in criminal justice studies needs to take a look at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Marion.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

4

Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies
Fort Wayne, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in criminal justice studies needs to check out Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech - CPS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies

Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	129
Michigan	410	39
Illinois	267	26
Wisconsin	224	237

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice Studies

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Police Science	29
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	1

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.