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Corrections Schools
in Boston, MA
Northeastern University
Suffolk University
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Corrections Schools in Boston
Boston, MA (population: 610,407) has two corrections schools within its city limits. Northeastern University, the highest ranked school in the city with a corrections program, has a total student population of 27,537. It is the 56th highest ranked school in the USA and the 7th highest in the state of Massachusetts (#1 is Harvard University).
Corrections students from Boston schools who go on to become correctional counselors, corrections officers, jailers, probation officers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 455,350 people working as correctional officers and jailers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $42,610. Also, Mental health and substance abuse social workers make on average $41,350 per year and there are about 127,140 of them employed in the US today.
Boston lies in Suffolk county, which is one of the 12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary.
Of the 2 corrections schools in Boston, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northeastern University comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr) for corrections students, with Suffolk University as the lowest, reported at only $29,268/yr.
Corrections Programs in Boston
Northeastern University
- Corrections
Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors - Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other
Levels offered: Bachelors
- Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other
Levels offered: Masters
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Cities Near Boston
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Boston |
| Chelsea | MA | 44,282 | 1 | 26.6747 | 5 | 4.2 miles |
| Somerville | MA | 75,604 | 1 | 21.9743 | 9 | 5.4 miles |
| Cambridge | MA | 108,135 | 7 | 39.5149 | 268 | 5.8 miles |
| Brookline | MA | 55,248 | 4 | 18.3285 | 60 | 6.3 miles |
| Malden | MA | 55,904 | 4 | 25.7416 | 22 | 6.6 miles |
| Milton | MA | - | 2 | 30.0286 | 66 | 6.7 miles |
| Brighton | MA | - | 3 | 22.1394 | 9 | 7.0 miles |
| Chestnut Hill | MA | - | 2 | 53.2355 | 134 | 7.8 miles |
| Watertown | MA | - | 4 | 19.8045 | 105 | 8.6 miles |
| Weymouth | MA | 55,115 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.7 miles |
| Needham | MA | - | 1 | 85.1852 | 4 | 11.6 miles |
| Waltham | MA | 60,722 | 3 | 63.6138 | 127 | 11.8 miles |
| Woburn | MA | - | 3 | 29.2811 | 25 | 11.8 miles |
| Peabody | MA | 51,672 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.4 miles |
| Wellesley | MA | - | 2 | 79.2832 | 74 | 14.2 miles |
| Brockton | MA | 92,742 | 6 | 30.966 | 101 | 18.0 miles |
| Billerica | MA | 40,949 | 1 | 35.5405 | 2 | 19.5 miles |
| Framingham | MA | 64,549 | 2 | 43.2155 | 61 | 21.6 miles |
| North Andover | MA | - | 1 | 30.19 | 56 | 25.5 miles |
| Lowell | MA | 104,063 | 4 | 27.7393 | 100 | 25.8 miles |
| North Attleborough | MA | 43,307 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.1 miles |
| Taunton | MA | 55,679 | 1 | 23.0007 | 3 | 30.6 miles |
| Attleboro | MA | 42,840 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.8 miles |
| Woonsocket | RI | 42,967 | 0 | - | 0 | 34.0 miles |
| Nashua | NH | 86,706 | 4 | 32.4184 | 139 | 37.1 miles |
| Pawtucket | RI | 71,155 | 3 | 14.7207 | 9 | 37.1 miles |
| Smithfield | RI | - | 2 | 41.9902 | 100 | 39.7 miles |
| Leominster | MA | 41,104 | 0 | - | 0 | 40.3 miles |
| Worcester | MA | 174,854 | 11 | 28.6428 | 380 | 40.7 miles |
| East Providence | RI | 48,249 | 1 | 29.3002 | 11 | 41.2 miles |