by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Criminology is the 76th most popular major in the country with 11,039 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Tennessee, there were 13 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee” 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Maryville, Tennessee, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lee University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee. Located in Cleveland, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Union University landed the #3 spot on the list. Union University is a small school located in Jackson, Tennessee that handed out 1 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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