by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 2,644 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 12 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coker University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Hartsville, South Carolina, and it awarded 6 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students 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%.
Read full report on Criminology at Loyola University New Orleans
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tampa landed the #3 spot on the list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Liberty University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in West Liberty, West Virginia, and it awarded 3 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the #5 spot on the list. University of West Georgia is a public institution located in Carrollton, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Criminology at University of South Florida - Main Campus
Georgia Southern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. WKU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 7 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Western Kentucky University
University of Miami did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
With a ranking of #10, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Criminology at The University of Alabama
University of Florida landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 70 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.
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