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by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 46,814 people earned their degree in criminal justice studies, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States.
Across South Dakota, there were 142 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice studies.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Marty University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mount Marty University is located in Yankton, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota Wesleyan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 10 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Dakota Wesleyan University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota. University of Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 23 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at University of Sioux Falls
University of South Dakota landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota ranking. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 41 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northern State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in South Dakota ranking. Aberdeen, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
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