2025 Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Criminal Justice is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 associate degrees in criminal justice during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice School for Your Associate Degree

The criminal justice associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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 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 students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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 related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in criminal justice.

Top New England Region Schools for an Associate in Criminal Justice

1

Quincy College
Quincy, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Quincy College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in criminal justice. Quincy College is a small public college located in the large suburb of Quincy.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Quincy College

2

Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice needs to check out Massachusetts Bay Community College. Located in the suburb of Wellesley Hills, MassBay Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Massachusetts Bay Community College

3

Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing, MA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Roxbury Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in criminal justice. Roxbury Community College is a small public college located in the city of Roxbury Crossing.More information about a associate in criminal justice from Roxbury Community College

4

NHTI-Concord's Community College
Concord, NH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice has to look into NHTI-Concord's Community College. Located in the town of Concord, NHTI is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in criminal justice from NHTI-Concord’s Community College

Best Criminal Justice Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	257	106
Connecticut	156	11
New Hampshire	114	61
Rhode Island	101	4
Maine	94	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 21 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	453
Criminal Justice Studies	376
Criminal Justice & Police Science	358
Securities Services Administration/Management	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.