by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Plains States region, there were 1,628 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 151 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree police science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midland University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Midland University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fremont, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s police science degrees to 68 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Minnesota State University - Mankato
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #4 spot on the list. SMU MN is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #5 spot on the list. Crown College is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Drury University - CCPS
Rasmussen University - Minnesota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. St. Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s police science degrees to 82 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Rasmussen University - Minnesota
With a ranking of #6, Sinte Gleska University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Sinte Gleska University is a small school located in Mission, South Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Sinte Gleska University
Rasmussen University - Kansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Topeka, Kansas, this small private for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2020-2021.
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Rasmussen University - North Dakota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
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