by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 113,121 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,465 and had an average of $25,425 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 261 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,180 and $27,971 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice and corrections program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 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 University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine. University of Maine at Presque Isle is located in Presque Isle, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Maine at Presque Isle
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 61 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%.
Full Husson University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Saint Joseph’s Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine list. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Maine at Augusta
University of Maine at Fort Kent came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Maine ranking. University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public institution located in Fort Kent, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Maine at Fort Kent Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
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