by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Criminology is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,878 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,396 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tiffin University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Tiffin University is a small school located in Tiffin, Ohio that handed out 8 masters’s criminology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 26 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Criminology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Dearborn is located in Dearborn, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana State University is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #5 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Eastern Michigan University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at Eastern Michigan University
Adler University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Adler is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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