Unfortunately, many of the criminal justice rankings are found in print publications. One online ranking includes GetEducated's rank of criminal justice programs by cost (listed below). The only way to truly find a college ranking online for criminal justice, then, is to know the name of the institution you wish to attend and search for that college or university through any one of their current rankings or find a list of law colleges that have been ranked.
Methodology: This list's results are based on a Spring 2006 GetEducated.com, LLC national survey of publicly-posted tuition rates and college costs at justice and allied legal studies master degree programs offered through regionally accredited universities in the USA. Tuition rates given are the minimum for the entire master’s and reflect the least expensive option available. Actual costs vary by student.
Methodology: Each year, U.S. News ranks professional school programs in law, which would offer the best venue for finding a criminal justice program. Data was collected in the fall 2007 and early 2008. Specialty rankings are based on nomination by legal educators at peer institutions. Data were standardized about their means, and standardized scores were weighted, totaled, and rescaled so that the top school received 100; others received their percentage of the top score. To be listed, a law school must be accredited and fully approved by the American Bar Association and must draw most of its students from the United States.
Methodology: The Princeton Review surveyed more than 18,000 students at 174 law schools, in addition to collecting data from school administrators, to create eleven ranking lists. They attempted to collect student opinions and statistical data from all law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA). They wrote "Students Say" profiles for all schools from which they collected student opinions. This survey was conducted during the 2007-2008, 2006-2007 or 2005-2006 academic years via their website and on paper. The vast majority of the surveys upon which the rankings in this edition are based came to them online.
Methodology: Brian Leiter, John P. Wilson Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values at the University of Chicago, expanded and completely redesigned this site to provide law school rankings for prospective, current, and former law students; law school faculty and administrators; and practicing lawyers in law firms, government, and public interest organizations. Rankings are varied, including student rankings gauged by LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs and faculty rankings measured by reputation, productivity and impact.
Methodology: All raw data used in Judging the Law Schools came from the 1994 Review of Legal Education in the United States, published by the American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions. Fifty categories were developed based on the type of data collected and reported by the ABA to rank law schools. Some of the categories are straight numerical computations. Other categories are calculations Judge Brennan thought to be significant ratios. The law schools were ranked according to the results.
Methodology: The Consus Group (TCG) used published rankings (which account for 50 percent of the total score), selectivity based upon applicants admitted, LSAT scores and GPAs, salary, placement and yield to determine their law school rankings. According to Consus, "while many law school rankings fluctuate wildly from year to year, TCG’s comprehensive methodology produces a stable, accurate picture of America’s best law schools."
