by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” 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 Southwest region, there were 842 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in criminology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in criminology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 20 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. OCU is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 12 masters’s criminology 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 11 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’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 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%.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, 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 86%.
With a ranking of #7, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of the Southwest did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. USW is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at University of the Southwest
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