2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice studies students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 121 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 account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection 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 colleges for criminal justice studies students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice Studies Schools

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

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

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

Top Ohio Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice Studies

1

Zane State College
Zanesville, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Zane State College if you want to pursue an associate degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the town of Zanesville, Zane State College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from Zane State College

2

University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College
Blue Ash, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College if you want to pursue an associate degree in criminal justice studies. UC Blue Ash College is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Blue Ash.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College

3

University of Cincinnati - Clermont College
Batavia, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Clermont College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the suburb of Batavia, UC Clermont College is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice studies from University of Cincinnati - Clermont College

Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	410	39
Illinois	267	26
Wisconsin	224	237
Indiana	221	591

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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	1,314
Criminal Justice	80
Corrections	30
Law Enforcement Investigation & Interviewing	4
Security & Loss Prevention Services	2

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.