2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 New England 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 New England region, there were 747 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree criminology students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the New England Region

1

Lasell University
Newton, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lasell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Lasell is a small school located in Newton, Massachusetts that handed out 64 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 6 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Criminology at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

3

Thomas College
Waterville, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 0 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminology at Thomas College

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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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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.