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Best Criminal Justice Colleges in Massachusetts

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 36 schools · Agent Insights
36
Schools Analyzed
$52,385
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
42%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$17,701
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 36 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 36
Avg. earnings at 10yr $52,385
Avg. graduation rate 42%
Avg. net price $17,701
Avg. median debt $18,966

How We Ranked

Criminal Justice programs in Massachusetts ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEMassachusetts MaritimeWestfield StateWorcester StateBristol CommunityAnna Maria

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Massachusetts Maritime A…77%Westfield State Universi…55%Worcester State Universi…58%Bristol Community College22%Anna Maria College44%Bridgewater State Univer…54%Salem State University52%Fitchburg State Universi…54%Bay Path University51%Mount Wachusett Communit…27%North Shore Community Co…18%Massachusetts Bay Commun…16%Curry College50%Western New England Univ…64%Bunker Hill Community Co…16%Massasoit Community Coll…21%Northern Essex Community…20%Quincy College16%Cape Cod Community Colle…22%Suffolk University60%

Top 3

#1

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

Graduation77%
Earnings$82,392
Net Price$21,582

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#2

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

Graduation55%
Earnings$57,346
Net Price$16,721

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#3

Worcester State University

Worcester, MA

Graduation58%
Earnings$60,624
Net Price$13,381

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Full Rankings

#1

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA · 1,395 students · Public

95% accepted 77% graduate $82,392 earnings
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#2

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA · 3,615 students · Public

81% accepted 55% graduate $57,346 earnings
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#3

Worcester State University

Worcester, MA · 3,930 students · Public

88% accepted 58% graduate $60,624 earnings
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#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA · 6,083 students · Public

22% graduate $38,663 earnings
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#5

Anna Maria College

Paxton, MA · 906 students · Private nonprofit

50% accepted 44% graduate $46,651 earnings
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#6

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA · 7,829 students · Public

88% accepted 54% graduate $57,466 earnings
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#7

Salem State University

Salem, MA · 4,291 students · Public

96% accepted 52% graduate $56,662 earnings
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#8

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA · 2,752 students · Public

87% accepted 54% graduate $53,874 earnings
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#9

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA · 1,108 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 51% graduate $55,383 earnings
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#10

Mount Wachusett Community College

Gardner, MA · 3,059 students · Public

27% graduate $41,118 earnings
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#11

North Shore Community College

Danvers, MA · 4,393 students · Public

18% graduate $45,391 earnings
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#12

Massachusetts Bay Community College

Wellesley Hills, MA · 3,837 students · Public

16% graduate $52,654 earnings
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#13

Curry College

Milton, MA · 1,780 students · Private nonprofit

88% accepted 50% graduate $54,400 earnings
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#14

Western New England University

Springfield, MA · 2,603 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 64% graduate $73,157 earnings
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#15

Bunker Hill Community College

Boston, MA · 8,612 students · Public

16% graduate $47,618 earnings
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#16

Massasoit Community College

Brockton, MA · 4,235 students · Public

21% graduate $46,111 earnings
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#17

Northern Essex Community College

Haverhill, MA · 3,685 students · Public

20% graduate $42,862 earnings
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#18

Quincy College

Quincy, MA · 2,300 students · Public

16% graduate $52,506 earnings
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#19

Cape Cod Community College

West Barnstable, MA · 2,911 students · Public

22% graduate $43,670 earnings
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#20

Suffolk University

Boston, MA · 4,268 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 60% graduate $67,506 earnings
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#21

Nichols College

Dudley, MA · 1,163 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 63% graduate $58,063 earnings
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#22

Fisher College

Boston, MA · 1,167 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 28% graduate $49,669 earnings
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#23

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, MA · 4,759 students · Public

29% graduate $36,966 earnings
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#24

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, MA · 3,591 students · Public

31% graduate $37,277 earnings
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#25

Springfield College

Springfield, MA · 1,751 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 71% graduate $48,036 earnings
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#26

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA · 3,916 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 71% graduate $75,584 earnings
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#27

Lasell University

Newton, MA · 1,226 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 56% graduate $49,705 earnings
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#28

Berkshire Community College

Pittsfield, MA · 1,358 students · Public

21% graduate $38,832 earnings
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#29

University of Massachusetts-Boston

Boston, MA · 11,512 students · Public

84% accepted 50% graduate $65,865 earnings
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#30

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Lowell, MA · 11,434 students · Public

83% accepted 67% graduate $64,874 earnings
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#31

Endicott College

Beverly, MA · 3,125 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 76% graduate $58,336 earnings
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#32

American International College

Springfield, MA · 1,017 students · Private nonprofit

100% accepted 44% graduate $53,124 earnings
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#33

Quinsigamond Community College

Worcester, MA · 6,447 students · Public

21% graduate $45,949 earnings
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#34

Dean College

Franklin, MA · 1,089 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 48% graduate $38,109 earnings
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#35

Middlesex Community College

Bedford, MA · 5,412 students · Public

23% graduate $50,651 earnings
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#36

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, MA · 1,977 students · Public

17% graduate $38,773 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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