2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes 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 “Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Criminology is the 79th most popular major in the country with 10,182 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,346 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree criminology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 5 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminology at SIUC

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology (Income Over $110k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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