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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 885 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. To top this list, a school must have a successful criminology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree criminology students.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Read full report on Criminology at Missouri State University - Springfield

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 14 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Criminology at UMSL

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Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Lindenwood University is located in Saint Charles, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Lindenwood University Criminology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Saint Louis University Criminology Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 46 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Criminology at UMN Duluth

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