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 Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 32,891 people earned their degree in criminal justice, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States.
Across South Carolina, there were 572 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 504 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree criminal justice students.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Morris College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Sumter, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedict College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Voorhees College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. Voorhees College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denmark, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen University landed the #4 spot on the list. Allen University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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Strayer University - South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. Strayer University - South Carolina is a private for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees 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.
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Limestone College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. Limestone College is a small school located in Gaffney, South Carolina that handed out 26 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
University of South Carolina - Upstate ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. USC Upstate is a medium-sized public school situated in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It awarded 66 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
South Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina ranking. Orangeburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, North Greenville University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. North Greenville is a small school located in Tigerville, South Carolina that handed out 24 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
With a ranking of #11, Charleston Southern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 216 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Lander University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. Lander University is located in Greenwood, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Anderson University South Carolina ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Anderson, South Carolina, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice at Anderson University South Carolina
With a ranking of #14, Columbia College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina list. Columbia College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
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Claflin University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina ranking. This small school is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
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