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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 31,754 people earned their degree in criminal justice, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States.
Across Alabama, there were 487 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $40,919 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The criminal justice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree criminal justice students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Faulkner University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 55 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Montgomery landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 1 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice at South University, Montgomery
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama list. TROY is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 42 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama. This fairly large school is located in Orange Beach, Alabama, and it awarded 69 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 more about Criminal Justice at Columbia Southern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Alabama list. University of North Alabama is located in Florence, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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