2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Criminal Justice
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Ranked Colleges
43
Degrees Awarded
$19,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Montana for Criminal Justice” 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 Montana, there were 43 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,282 and $24,378 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice and corrections programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the criminal justice and corrections program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Criminal Justice
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Criminal Justice”.
Top 1 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans in Montana
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Criminal Justice that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Northern landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University - Northern is located in Havre, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana State University - Northern, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 1,024 students enrolled at Montana State University - Northern, 50 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,970. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Montana State University - Northern offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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