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2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master's

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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 South Carolina, there were 1,032 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,436 and $29,704 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice and corrections. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in criminal justice and corrections.

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Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree criminal justice students.

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Columbia College
Columbia, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s. Columbia College South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

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Charleston Southern University
Charleston, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charleston Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

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Anderson University South Carolina
Anderson, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anderson University South Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Anderson, South Carolina, and it awarded 11 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Claflin University
Orangeburg, South Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Claflin University landed the #4 spot on the list. Orangeburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

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South University, Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Columbia landed the #5 spot on the list. South University, Columbia is a private for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in South Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #5 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 7 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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