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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Criminal Justice for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Criminal Justice for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 113,121 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,465 and had an average of $25,425 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 3,287 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,284 and $20,679 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice and corrections programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminal justice and corrections program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Criminal Justice for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree vets studying criminal justice.

Top 1 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey

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Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Criminal Justice for a Doctorate list. Rutgers Newark is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Rutgers Newark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.Of the 13,231 students enrolled at Rutgers University - Newark, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $29,673. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Rutgers University - Newark]](/colleges/rutgers-university-newark/student-life/veterans/)

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