by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,102 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in criminology. That schools that top this list have a program in criminology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s criminology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. UD is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 2 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 46 degrees to qualified doctorate’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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