by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 22,722 people earned their degree in criminal justice and police science, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 855 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 172 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The police science 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Connecticut State University is a small school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 102 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Western Connecticut State University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region. Fitchburg State University is located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Fitchburg State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 17 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at University of Hartford
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Northern Vermont University
With a ranking of #6, Roger Williams University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region list. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Roger Williams University
With a ranking of #6, Western New England University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the New England Region list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s police science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Western New England University
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