by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Michigan, there were 2,393 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,461 and $23,708 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. That schools that top this list have a program in criminal justice and corrections in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Adrian College landed the #1 spot on the list. Adrian, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 18 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Allendale, Michigan, and it awarded 9 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Grand Valley State University
University of Detroit Mercy landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 2 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Madonna University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan list. This small school is located in Livonia, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Madonna
With a ranking of #8, Northern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Michigan list. This medium-sized school is located in Marquette, Michigan, and it awarded 81 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northern Michigan University
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