2023 Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,675 people earned their degree in other corrections and criminal justice, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 228 other corrections and criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 132 other corrections and criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other corrections and criminal justice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other corrections and criminal justice programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other corrections and criminal justice program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The other corrections & criminal justice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Oakland University
Rochester Hills, Michigan

323 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other corrections and criminal justice degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.

Oakland also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 18,552 students enrolled at Oakland University, 323 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 197 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,271. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oakland University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Oakland University Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Michigan - Flint
Flint, Michigan

230 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s. University of Michigan - Flint is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UM Flint did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 230 of the 6,829 students enrolled at UM Flint were GI Bill® students, of which 139 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,472. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Michigan - Flint]](/colleges/university-of-michigan-flint/student-life/veterans/)

3

Muskingum University
New Concord, Ohio

50 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$15,445 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Muskingum University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New Concord, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other corrections and criminal justice students in 2020-2021.

Muskingum also made our “Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 2,231 students enrolled at Muskingum University, 50 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 27 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,445. In addition to receiving other benefits, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Muskingum University]](/colleges/muskingum-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.