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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama” ranking.
With 113,121 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the 7th most popular major in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 1,495 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,544 and $31,520 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 211 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice and corrections. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice and corrections.
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The criminal justice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama”.
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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 Alabama”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Faulkner University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 71 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Faulkner
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Montgomery landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at South University, Montgomery
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama list. TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large school located in Orange Beach, Alabama that handed out 53 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Columbia Southern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama list. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Jacksonville State University
University of North Alabama came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama ranking. UNA is a medium-sized public school situated in Florence, Alabama. It awarded 13 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Auburn University at Montgomery did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama list. AUM is a public institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama ranking. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, 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 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
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