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2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

30 Colleges
3,527 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,693 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

For this year's Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 30 colleges that offer a bachelor's in criminal justice. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice & corrections programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the criminal justice & corrections program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying criminal justice.

Top 10 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

University of New Haven has taken the #1 spot in this year's criminal justice & corrections ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 4,526 students take at least one class online at University of New Haven. There are roughly 1,053 part time students in attendance at University of New Haven.

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Southern New Hampshire University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. 138,672 of SNHU students are exclusively distance learners. 102,147 students are part time.

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Curry College
Milton, MA

The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Curry College. Located in the large suburb of Milton, Curry is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. 237 students at Curry are exclusively online. 387 students are part time.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Curry College Report

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Westfield State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. Westfield is a small public school located in the suburb of Westfield. Westfield did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 2,052 students take at least one class online at Westfield. 1,138 of Westfield students are attending part time.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Westfield State University

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Champlain College
Burlington, VT

Champlain College earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Champlain has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Champlain is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. About 1,570 of the students at Champlain are attending part time.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Massachusetts - Lowell. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a large student population. UMass Lowell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region list.

The student loan default rate at UMass Lowell is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. 5,042 of UMass Lowell students are exclusively distance learners. About 5,980 of the students at UMass Lowell are attending part time.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northeastern University. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region ranking.

About 0.5% of Northeastern students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,987 students at Northeastern that take at least one class online. 1,267 students are part time.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northeastern University

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Roger Williams University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. RWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the New England Region list.

The student loan default rate at RWU is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,561 students at RWU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 539 part time students in attendance at RWU.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Roger Williams University

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Fitchburg State University landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best criminal justice & corrections schools for non-traditional students. Fitchburg State is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Fitchburg.

About 1.5% of Fitchburg State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,836 students at Fitchburg State are exclusively online. 3,648 of Fitchburg State students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Albertus Magnus College as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Albertus Magnus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. 440 of Albertus Magnus students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 214 part time students in attendance at Albertus Magnus.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students criminal justice & corrections colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,394
Connecticut 686
New Hampshire 849
Rhode Island 282
Maine 129
Vermont 184

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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