2023 Best Criminology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Criminology for a Master’s list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

UMSL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 13,874 students enrolled at UMSL, 314 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 228 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,355. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

Full UMSL Veteran Student Life Report

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Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Criminology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #2 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Missouri State supports 23,505 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,830. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Missouri State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Missouri State University - Springfield]](/colleges/missouri-state-university-springfield/student-life/veterans/)

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Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, Missouri

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Criminology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Charles, Missouri. It awarded 9 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 7,382 students enrolled at Lindenwood University were GI Bill® students, of which 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,583. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lindenwood University does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%.

Full Lindenwood University Veteran Student Life Report