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 Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Criminal Justice is the 27th most popular major in the country with 32,891 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Iowa, there were 91 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice.
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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 Major in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree criminal justice students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Mercy University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Iowa. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Waldorf University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Iowa. Forest City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Iowa list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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