2025 Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in Georgia

2 Colleges in Georgia

99 Associate Degrees

If you pursue a associate degree in criminal justice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #10 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 99 associate degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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.

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