2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Criminology in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in criminology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #123 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for criminology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7 master's degrees in criminology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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More Ways to Rank Criminology Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for criminology.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminology in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in criminology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Criminology Students Working on Their Master's

1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

6 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you want to pursue a master's degree in criminology. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in criminology in Illinois. More information about a master’s in criminology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2

Adler University
Chicago, IL

1 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminology needs to look into Adler University. Located in the large city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a master’s in criminology from Adler University

Best Criminology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	203	2
Ohio	195	43
Indiana	181	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminology

Criminology is one of 12 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	256
General Social Sciences	235
Political Science & Government	96
International Relations & National Security	89
Sociology	71
Geography & Cartography	38
Anthropology	27
Urban Studies	6
Archeology	2
Other Social Sciences	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.