2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #12 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of criminal justice studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 551 bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree

The criminal justice studies bachelor's 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host 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 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 bachelor's 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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice Studies in Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice Studies

1

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

349 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland Global Campus is a great decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from University of Maryland Global Campus

2

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

30 Annual Graduates

Frostburg State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the remote town of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Frostburg State University

3

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

102 Annual Graduates

Bowie State University is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bowie.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Bowie State University

4

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

27 Annual Graduates

Coppin State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Coppin is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Coppin State University

5

Hood College
Frederick, MD

23 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Frederick, Hood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Hood College

Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	879
Pennsylvania	698	1,483
New Jersey	351	938
District of Columbia	226	214
Delaware	224	14

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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 Majors Related to Criminal Justice Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Police Science	54
Criminal Justice	41

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.