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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s” 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 Missouri, there were 865 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 612 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. To top this list, a school must have a successful criminal justice program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. Park University is a medium-sized school located in Parkville, Missouri that handed out 145 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 15 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 130 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. University of Central Missouri is a fairly large school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 112 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Missouri Southern State University Criminal Justice Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s. Drury University - CCPS is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Culver - Stockton College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. Canton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Lincoln University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. Lincoln University is a public institution located in Jefferson City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies is a small school located in Fayette, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies Criminal Justice Report
Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fayette, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
Hannibal - LaGrange University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s ranking. HLGU is a small school located in Hannibal, Missouri that handed out 13 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Criminal Justice at Hannibal - LaGrange University
Southwest Baptist University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southwest Baptist University is a small school located in Bolivar, Missouri that handed out 11 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Rockhurst University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. Rockhurst University is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Evangel University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s ranking. Evangel is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 8 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a public institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, DeVry University - Missouri did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. DeVry University - Missouri is a small school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 0 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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