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 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 New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 3,287 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,284 and $20,679 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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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 New Jersey”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Elizabeth. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey list. CSE is located in Morristown, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Monmouth University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey. This medium-sized school is located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, and it awarded 20 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Monmouth University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey City University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey list. New Jersey City University is a medium-sized school located in Jersey City, New Jersey that handed out 15 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey list. This medium-sized school is located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and it awarded 11 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - Newark landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rutgers Newark
Rutgers University - Camden landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey ranking. Rutgers Camden is a medium-sized school located in Camden, New Jersey that handed out 9 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rutgers Camden
Georgian Court University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #7. Georgian Court University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakewood, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Kean University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey ranking. Kean University is located in Union, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Rowan University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey list. Rowan University is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 8 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Saint Peter’s University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in New Jersey list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Saint Peter’s University
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