2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
70Colleges
6,168Bachelor's Degrees
$26,920Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 70 colleges that offer a bachelor's in criminal justice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice & corrections programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice & corrections program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Union Institute & University has taken the #1 spot in this year's criminal justice & corrections ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Union is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Union did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Union is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. 624 students at Union are exclusively online. 408 of Union students are attending part time.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UC also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UC is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. 10,255 of UC students are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population. UIC also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,712 part time students in attendance at UIC.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Oakland City University. Oakland City is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Oakland City.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 187 students take at least one class online at Oakland City. 225 of Oakland City students are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Illinois University. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.2%. Approximately 4,203 students take at least one class online at WIU. There are roughly 1,874 part time students in attendance at WIU.
Our rankings recognize Lewis University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. Lewis also made our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at Lewis is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,947 students at Lewis that take at least one class online. 2,022 of Lewis students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. 6,517 students are part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Siena Heights University. Located in the town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The student loan default rate at Siena Heights University is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. 734 of Siena Heights University students are exclusively distance learners. About 793 of the students at Siena Heights University are attending part time.
Madonna University landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia. Madonna also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.1%. There are approximately 1,259 students at Madonna that take at least one class online. 850 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Ferris State University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, Ferris is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 2,983 students take at least one class online at Ferris. About 3,072 of the students at Ferris are attending part time.
Here are some additional great schools for Great Lakes Region non-traditional students studying Criminal Justice that almost earned our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
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 the rest 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).
