2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 70 colleges that offer a bachelor's in criminal justice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice & corrections programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice & corrections program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Union Institute & University has taken the #1 spot in this year's criminal justice & corrections ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Union is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Union did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Union is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. 624 students at Union are exclusively online. 408 of Union students are attending part time.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population. UC also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. There are roughly 10,255 part time students in attendance at UC.
University of Illinois at Chicago earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UIC also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. 5,712 students are part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Oakland City University. Oakland City is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Oakland City.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 187 students at Oakland City that take at least one class online. 225 students are part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Illinois University. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.2%. There are approximately 4,203 students at WIU that take at least one class online. 1,874 of WIU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Lewis University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Lewis also made our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 2,947 students take at least one class online at Lewis. 2,022 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population. Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Michigan State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. About 6,517 of the students at Michigan State are attending part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Siena Heights University. Located in the town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The student loan default rate at Siena Heights University is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. 734 students at Siena Heights University are exclusively online. 793 of Siena Heights University students are attending part time.
Madonna University landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia. Madonna also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
The student loan default rate at Madonna is lower than is typical, just 3.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,259 students take at least one class online at Madonna. 850 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Ferris State University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, Ferris is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Ferris is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,983 students at Ferris that take at least one class online. 3,072 of Ferris students are attending part time.
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Here are some additional great schools for Great Lakes Region non-traditional students studying Criminal Justice that almost earned our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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