by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Criminal Justice is the 27th most popular major in the country with 32,891 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 526 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 374 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular criminal justice programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree criminal justice students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 258 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elmhurst University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Elmhurst is a private not-for-profit institution located in Elmhurst, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. DeVry University - Illinois is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Bradley University is a medium-sized school located in Peoria, Illinois that handed out 25 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greenville, Illinois, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of St Francis did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Joliet, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 11 students 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%.
Read more about Criminal Justice at University of Saint Francis
Trinity Christian College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Palos Heights, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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