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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 23,232 people earned their degree in criminal justice and police science, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 839 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 181 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and police science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice and police science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice and police science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science in the New England Region

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fitchburg State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fitchburg State University is $16,001 for new england region bachelor’s degree police science students.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Fitchburg State University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Western Connecticut State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Danbury, Connecticut. It awarded 92 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Connecticut State University is $18,215 for new england region bachelor’s degree police science students.

Full Western Connecticut State University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is a small public school situated in Johnson, Vermont. It awarded 3 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $15,749 for new england region bachelor’s degree police science students per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Northern Vermont University

#4

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #4 spot on the list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s police science degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

NEC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $29,082 for new england region bachelor’s degree police science students per year to attend New England College.

Full NEC Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#5

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. University of Hartford is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.

UHart also made our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for UHart is $28,541 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at University of Hartford

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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.

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