by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 109,996 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, criminal justice & corrections is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In , criminal justice & corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $35,614 and had an average of $22,981 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 1,169 criminal justice & corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,689 and $25,445 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 459 criminal justice & corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,634 and $22,457 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice & corrections. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice & corrections program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Philander Smith College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 20 students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas Baptist College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas. Arkansas Baptist College is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas. UAPB is a small public school situated in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It awarded 22 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Williams Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list. This small school is located in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 99 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #6. Fort Smith, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 45 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
With a ranking of #7, University of Arkansas System eVersity did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list.
Full University of Arkansas System eVersity Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
With a ranking of #9, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public institution located in Magnolia, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
With a ranking of #10, Henderson State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list. Henderson State University is a small public school situated in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Henderson State University
University of Arkansas landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas ranking. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 108 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Arkansas Tech University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 43 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Arkansas at Monticello ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas list. UAM is a small school located in Monticello, Arkansas that handed out 9 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas at Monticello
Harding University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #14. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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