2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region

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Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,814 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2,506 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in the Plains States Region

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Capella University

2

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #2 spot on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 3 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha

3

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of North Dakota Criminal Justice Studies Report

4

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.