by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Criminology is the 76th most popular major in the country with 11,039 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 842 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 654 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 118 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Payne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. Brownwood, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McMurry University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. McMurray University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 281 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Shawnee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
LeTourneau University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized public school situated in Odessa, Texas. It awarded 24 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of St. Thomas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 12 students 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%.
With a ranking of #12, Concordia University, Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. Concordia University, Texas is a small school located in Lakeway, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 59 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #15, Saint Edward’s University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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