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by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Criminal Justice & Police Science is the 74th most popular major in the country with 20,976 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 107 criminal justice & police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice & police science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice & police science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Police Science Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major. University of Baltimore is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 16 masters’s police science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aspen University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Aspen University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Aspen University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 15 masters’s police science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Suffolk
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s police science students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Fitchburg State University
Caribbean University - Ponce did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and it awarded 3 masters’s police science degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Caribbean University - Ponce Criminal Justice & Police Science Report
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s police science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Coppin State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking. Coppin State University is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 0 masters’s police science degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Coppin State University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report
Caribbean University - Vega Baja ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major list. Located in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s police science students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Caribbean University - Vega Baja
Caribbean University - Bayamon came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking. This small school is located in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and it awarded 5 masters’s police science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Caribbean University - Bayamon
Caribbean University - Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Police Science Major ranking, coming in at #6. Carolina, Puerto Rico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s police science degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at Caribbean University - Carolina
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