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 Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Criminal Justice & Police Science is the 74th most popular major in the country with 22,722 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and police science. That schools that top this list have a program in criminal justice and police science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree police science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Located in California, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified masters’s police science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at California University of Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s police science degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Aspen University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major. Aspen University is a medium-sized school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 22 masters’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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Aspen University
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 16 masters’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 Suffolk University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fitchburg State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Fitchburg State is a medium-sized school located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts that handed out 7 masters’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Fitchburg State Criminal Justice & Police Science Report
With a ranking of #6, Caribbean University - Ponce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Caribbean University - Ponce is located in Ponce, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s police science degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Caribbean University - Ponce Criminal Justice & Police Science Report
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 masters’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Coppin State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Coppin is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s police science degrees to qualified students.
Caribbean University - Vega Baja did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking, coming in at #6. Caribbean University - Vega Baja is located in Vega Baja, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s police science degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Caribbean University - Vega Baja
Caribbean University - Bayamon landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking. Caribbean University - Bayamon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bayamon, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Caribbean University - Bayamon
Caribbean University - Carolina ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Caribbean University - Carolina is located in Carolina, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s police science degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Caribbean University - Carolina
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