THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS OFFER THE PH.D. IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
American University, School of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20016, 202-885-6000
Arizona State
University, School of Justice Studies, Tempe, AZ 85287, 602-965-7684
Univ. of California-Irvine,
Program in Social Ecology, Irvine, CA 92717, 714-856-6094
University of Cincinnati,
Dept. of Criminal Justice, Cincinnati, OH 45221, 513-556-5827
Claremont Graduate School, Center for Politics and Public Policy, Claremont, CA 91711, 714-521-1148
Florida State University, School of Criminology, Tallahassee, FL 32306, 904-644-4050
George Mason
University, Justice, Law and Crime Policy, Arlington, VA 22201,
703-993-8315
University of Illinois-Chicago,
Dept. of CJ, 1007 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL 60607, 312-996-5262
Indiana University, Dept. of CJ, Bloomington, IN 47405, 812-855-9325
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Criminology, Indiana, PA 15705, 724-357-2720
John Jay College of CJ (CUNY), 899 Tenth Ave., New York, NY 10019, 212-237-8695
University of Delaware, Dept. of Sociology and CJ, Newark, DE 19716 302-451-2581
University of Maryland,
Dept. of Criminology and CJ, College Park, MD 20742 301-405-4699
Michigan State University., School
of CJ, East Lansing, MI 48824 517-355-2192
Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis,
Dept. of Crim./CJ, St. Louis, MO 63121, 314-553-5031
University of Nebraska,
CJ Dept., Omaha, NE 68182, 402-554-2610
North Dakota State University, CJ/Political Sci Dept., Fargo, ND 58105, 701-231-7033
Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice, Boston, MA 02115, 617-437-3327
Pennsylvania State Univ., Sociology/AOJ Dept., University Park, PA 16802, 814-863-0078
Portland State University, CJ Program., Portland, OR 97207, 503-229-4014
Prairie View A&M University, Juvenile Justice Program, Prairie View, TX 77446, 936-857-4938
Rutgers
University, School of CJ, Newark, NJ 07102, 201-648-5870
Sam Houston St. University,
College of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, TX 77341, 409-294-1631
University of South Carolina, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Columbia, SC 29208, 803-777-0107
University of South Florida,
Criminology Dept., Tampa, FL 33620, 813-974-2815
Univ. of Southern Mississippi,
AOJ Program, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, 601-266-4509
State University of New York (SUNY)-Albany,
School of Criminal Justice, Albany, NY 12222, 518-442-5210
Temple University, CJ Dept.,
Philadelphia, PA 19122, 215-204-7918
GRADUATE SCHOOLS
If you are interested in graduate school-
Talk to your professors!
The best advice we can
give is to talk to someone who has been to graduate school
in your chosen field – talk to your professors about
graduate school. Not only have they been to graduate school
themselves, they know many former Truman State University
students from this program who are currently in graduate
programs who might help you learn what’s out there.
Professors you’ve had in class will also know your strengths (and weaknesses) and be able to give you recommendations for your personal interests.
Plus, you’ll need to ask them for letters of recommendation for you anyway. The more you talk to your professors about your interests, the better those letters can be.
Make use of the Graduate School Handbook from the Truman State University Career Center http://career.truman.edu/Publications/gradschool.pdf
Explore online resources for ranking graduate departments
The 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey
National Association of Graduate and Professional Students http://survey.nagps.org/ This site allows you to specify the characteristics of a graduate program that are most important to you and ranks institutions using your criteria. You can also get basic rankings. [I recommend MENTORING as an important criterion!]
PhDs.org Here is another site you can search for rankings of academic programs Data from 1995 National Research Council (NRC) assessments of doctoral programs in the United States every 10 to 15 years). The data we use are from the most recent assessment, the 1995 study Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change. http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/