by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 109,996 criminal justice & corrections students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. 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 Nebraska, there were 771 criminal justice & corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,285 and $23,484 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 474 criminal justice & corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,107 and $22,422 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice & corrections. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice & corrections.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 Nebraska”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 221 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, 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 Wayne State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska list. Wayne State College is a public institution located in Wayne, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Wayne State College Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Peru State College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska. Peru State is located in Peru, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Peru State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska. York, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at York College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chadron State College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska. Chadron State College is a small school located in Chadron, Nebraska that handed out 21 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Chadron State College Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
Midland University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska list. Midland University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fremont, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s 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%.
University of Nebraska at Kearney came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska ranking. UNK is a medium-sized school located in Kearney, Nebraska that handed out 32 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 & Corrections at University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nebraska Wesleyan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska ranking. This small school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Doane University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #9. Doane Crete is located in Crete, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Doane Crete
With a ranking of #10, Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seward, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Concordia University, Nebraska
Creighton University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #11. Creighton is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 11 bachelors’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Creighton University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
With a ranking of #12, Bellevue University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Nebraska list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Bellevue University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
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