by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. 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 Nebraska, there were 732 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,940 and $27,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 129 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. To top this list, a school must have a successful criminal justice and corrections program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree criminal justice students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Community College Area. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southeast Community College Area
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate list. Northeast Community College is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 34 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northeast
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice degrees to 30 students 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Grand Island, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
Full Central Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska for an Associate. Located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
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