by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 11,039 people earned their degree in criminology, making the major the 76th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,493 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful criminology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s criminology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Criminology Report
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