2023 Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Criminal Justice Studies for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,814 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 6,097 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminal justice studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Criminal Justice Studies for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree vets studying criminal justice studies.
Top 1 Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Criminal Justice Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UNLV also made our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 31,142 students enrolled at UNLV, 1,594 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 929 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,370. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNLV does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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