by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Missouri, there were 1,619 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,955 and $28,280 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree criminal justice students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri. Columbia College is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Full Columbia College Missouri Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Webster
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri list. MBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 4 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 Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #4 spot on the list. UCM is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Central Missouri Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri. Cape Girardeau, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southeast Missouri State University
Missouri Southern State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #6. Joplin, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Missouri Southern
Saint Louis University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri ranking. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Missouri ranking. University of Missouri - Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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