by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 11,039 people earned their degree in criminology, making the major the 76th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 885 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 822 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 27 colleges that offer a degree in criminology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree criminology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tabor College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Tabor College is a small school located in Hillsboro, Kansas that handed out 6 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Saint Mary is located in Leavenworth, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 27 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, William Penn University landed the #3 spot on the list. William Penn University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Upper Iowa University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 52 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hamline University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Hamline is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Avila University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Avila University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 13 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, McPherson College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in McPherson, Kansas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Missouri - St Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 89 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Hastings College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Hastings, Nebraska, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 116 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Full Missouri State University - Springfield Criminology Report
University of Minnesota - Duluth came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at University of Minnesota - Duluth
University of Northern Iowa came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 48 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Drury University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Benedictine College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #14. Benedictine College is a small school located in Atchison, Kansas that handed out 8 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a public institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at University of Missouri - Kansas City
Cottey College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #16. Cottey College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nevada, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #17, Briar Cliff University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Briar Cliff is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux City, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #18. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 151 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read full report on Criminology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Iowa came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 97 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Baker University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Baldwin City, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Northwest Missouri State University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #22, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Crown College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Webster University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Maryville University of Saint Louis ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Plains States Region list. Maryville University of Saint Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 10 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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