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Newnan, Georgia has 5 accredited schools offering criminal justice administration programs. Newnan has a population of about 43,510. Median household income is $80,299 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 39.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, the top-earning criminal justice administration-related role is General and Operations Manager at a median $111,410 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer criminal justice administration programs near Newnan, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Newnan city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Newnan. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Georgia schools on the Georgia criminal justice administration page.
Newnan is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (BLS area code 12060). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Georgia statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives | $81,860 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $81,778 |
| First-Line Supervisor of Correctional Officers | $61,580 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $61,518 |
| General and Operations Manager | $111,410 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $111,299 |
| Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officer | $60,910 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $60,849 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 43,510 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $80,299 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 39.8% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 100.1 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering criminal justice administration programs near Newnan. The closest is Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin, GA (29.2 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Clark Atlanta University (33.1 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying criminal justice administration-related roles near Newnan are: General and Operations Manager ($111,410), First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives ($81,860), First-Line Supervisor of Correctional Officers ($61,580). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Georgia statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Peachtree City, GA is 11.9 miles from Newnan and has its own set of local criminal justice administration programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Newnan’s median household income of $80,299 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Newnan while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Georgia public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Newnan:
Data verified: August 31, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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