ADA, Okla. – The East Central University Criminal Justice Program has been ranked by Research.com as a 2027 Best Criminal Justice Degree Program in Oklahoma. The program was listened as No. 5 by the website.

To review these rankings, and more, visit research.com/rankings/criminal-justice/best-criminal-justice-ok.

The primary objective of the Criminal Justice degree at ECU is to prepare students for professional jobs in the criminal justice system. The curriculum provides a core program of basic courses applicable to all criminal justice fields and specialized courses intended to prepare the student for the professional demands in law enforcement.

Students gain practical experience through completion of an internship or, for those seeking CLEET certification, the Collegiate Officer Program (COP).

For more information, contact the Director of the Collegiate Officer Program Thomas Parr at thompar1@ecok.edu or 580-559-5401.

About Research.com

Each year, Research.com publishes rankings of the best U.S. colleges that provide their students with the most beneficial combination of affordability and quality of education. The ranking includes 1700+ institutions that were selected from more than 6000 institutions based on a detailed analysis of more than 400 metrics from credible sources such as IPEDS and College Scorecard, and evaluated using a unique entropy method.

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