2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Police Science for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
31
Degrees Awarded
$24,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Police Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 22,722 people earned their degree in criminal justice and police science, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.
Across Kentucky, there were 50 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice and police science programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice and police science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Police Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky bachelor’s degree vets studying police science.
Top 1 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Police Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.According to our most recent data, Eastern supports 14,465 students, and 869 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 469 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,031. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eastern does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Eastern]](/colleges/eastern-kentucky-university/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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