by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. 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.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Located in Bowling Green, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #2 spot on the list. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 11 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tiffin University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. This small school is located in Tiffin, Ohio, and it awarded 9 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Indiana State is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
With a ranking of #7, Adler University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Adler University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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