2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Criminal Justice is the 27th most popular major in the country with 32,891 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Nevada, there were 27 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the criminal justice program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nevada
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Nevada State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Henderson, Nevada is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
NSC also made our “Best Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 168 of the 7,289 students enrolled at Nevada State College were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,654. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NSC]](/colleges/nevada-state-college/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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