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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 Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,814 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 2,219 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 219 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. That schools that top this list have a program in criminal justice studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albertus Magnus College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region. Albertus Magnus College is a small school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 18 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Albertus Magnus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region. University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 University of New Haven Criminal Justice Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westfield State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region. Westfield State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Westfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 24 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region list. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 73 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Northeastern
With a ranking of #6, Bridgewater State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region list. Bridgewater, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Bridgewater State
Central Connecticut State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. CCSU is a medium-sized public school situated in New Britain, Connecticut. It awarded 5 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 6 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Criminal Justice Studies Report
Fitchburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Fitchburg State is located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Fitchburg State University Criminal Justice Studies Report
University of Bridgeport landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Bridgeport is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
Rhode Island College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the New England Region list. Rhode Island College is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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