2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Criminology is the 76th most popular major in the country with 11,039 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,102 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 237 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in criminology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminology.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 13 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Saint Joseph’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 100 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Saint Joseph’s University Criminology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University of Maryland Eastern Shore is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
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.
Read full report on Criminology at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cabrini University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Radnor, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Cabrini University
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Vincent College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Vincent College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about Criminology at Saint Vincent
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Niagara University, New York. It awarded 14 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminology at Niagara
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s 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 masters’s criminology degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at IUP
Stockton University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Stockton University is a medium-sized public school situated in Galloway, New Jersey. It awarded 16 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Full Stockton State Criminology Report
St John’s University - New York came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 25 students 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%.
Read full report on Criminology at STJ
University of Pennsylvania ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Criminology at UPenn
University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminology at UMCP
George Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #11. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read full report on Criminology at GWU
University of Delaware came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read full report on Criminology at University of Delaware
University at Buffalo came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 36 masters’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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Criminology at University at Buffalo
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.