by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Criminal Justice is the 27th most popular major in the country with 31,754 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 1,734 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 136 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 16 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree criminal justice students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quincy College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region list. Quincy College is a small school located in Quincy, Massachusetts that handed out 37 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region. NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a small public school situated in Concord, New Hampshire. It awarded 33 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full NHTI-Concord’s Community College Criminal Justice Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Bay Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region list. MassBay Community College is located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice at Massachusetts Bay Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roxbury Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region. Roxbury Community College is located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Criminal Justice at Roxbury Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nashua Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region list. Nashua, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Beal College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking. Beal College is a private for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mount Wachusett Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region list. Gardner, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Mount Wachusett Community College Criminal Justice Report
University of Maine at Fort Kent landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking. UMFK is a public institution located in Fort Kent, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maine at Fort Kent Criminal Justice Report
With a ranking of #9, Great Bay Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region list. Portsmouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 at Great Bay Community College
Goodwin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. Goodwin is a small school located in East Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 2 associates’s criminal justice 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
White Mountains Community College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking. White Mountains Community College is located in Berlin, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full White Mountains Community College Criminal Justice Report
River Valley Community College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking. Claremont, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Criminal Justice at River Valley Community College
Roger Williams University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking. Roger Williams University is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Husson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #14. Husson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 64 associates’s 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%.
Salve Regina University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #15. Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 113 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Franklin Pierce University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the New England Region ranking. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rindge, New Hampshire. It awarded 26 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice at Franklin Pierce University
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