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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Criminal Justice & Police Science is the 74th most popular major in the country with 22,722 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 4,324 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 339 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice and police science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice and police science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree police science students.

Top 12 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science in the Great Lakes Region

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Finlandia University
Hancock, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Finlandia University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Hancock, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 253 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Ferris State University

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Defiance College
Defiance, Ohio

Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Defiance College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Defiance, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.

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University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Indianapolis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Indianapolis is a medium-sized school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 39 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

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Malone University
Canton, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Malone University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Malone University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Canton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Malone Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

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Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Deerfield, Illinois, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at TIU Illinois

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Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan

Siena Heights University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Siena Heights University is a small school located in Adrian, Michigan that handed out 8 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

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Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

Eastern Illinois University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Eastern Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Charleston, Illinois that handed out 15 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

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Cedarville University
Cedarville, Ohio

Cedarville University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Cedarville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Cedarville Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

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Rasmussen University - Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Rasmussen University - Wisconsin came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is a small school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 2 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Rasmussen University - Wisconsin

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Rasmussen University - Illinois did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Rockford, Illinois, this small private for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.

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University of Akron Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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