2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Criminal Justice is the 27th most popular major in the country with 32,891 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 74 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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Strayer University - District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

96 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$4,334 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - District of Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Strayer University - District of Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Our most recent data shows that 96 of the 745 students enrolled at Strayer University - District of Columbia were GI Bill® students, of which 66 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,334. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Strayer University - District of Columbia Veteran Student Life Report

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Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

27 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$9,987 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Criminal Justice for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Trinity College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Among the 1,846 students enrolled at Trinity College, 27 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,987. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Full Trinity Washington University Veteran Student Life Report

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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

Footnotes

• *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.