The Best Criminal Justice Graduate Schools

University of Maryland - College Park

• The University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) hosts what it calls "Living and Learning" programs, which try to foster a small liberal arts environment with the resources of a large research university. In this program, students take specialized courses, and conduct research while living and working among people with the same academic interests. The mission of the criminology department is to train graduate students how to conduct, understand, and apply research in the field.

  University of Maryland -- College Park
  2220 LeFrak Hall
  College Park, MD 20742
  301-405-4699
  UMD.edu

University of Albany - SUNY

• The Sate University of New York Albany's School of Criminal Justice has traditionally been one of the nation's leading programs in that area of study. Granting both masters and doctorate degrees, the school claims to having created "The Albany Model" of interdisciplinary learning that was considered groundbreaking at its founding in 1966. A major focus of graduate study is on the personal and social forces that lead to crime, as well how the major criminal justice systems agencies interact with one another. Albany graduates have found work in both academic and practical areas of criminal justice.

  University of Albany -- SUNY
  135 Western Ave.
  Albany, NY 12222
  518-442-5214
  Albany.edu

University of Cincinnati

• The University of Cincinnati developed the "co-operative education" model, which alternates periods of campus coursework and outside work at host firms. This results in the student having at least one year of relevant real world work experience by the time they graduate. The concept was invented by the university in 1906. Recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top three graduate level criminal justice programs in the country, the School of Criminal Justice ranked No. 1 in research productivity. With large university resources, graduate students at UC are afforded a wide range of opportunities to learn, research, train and assist across a spectrum of criminal justice settings.

  University of Cincinnati
  600 Dyer Hall, Clifton Ave.
  Cincinnati, OH 45221
  513-556-5827
  UC.edu