2023 Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Criminology for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Criminology for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in criminology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the criminology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Criminology for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Criminology for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying criminology.
Top 2 Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Criminology for a Doctorate. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 4 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 40,709 students enrolled at UMCP were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,716. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UMCP]](/colleges/university-of-maryland-college-park/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Criminology for a Doctorate list. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s criminology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
IUP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 298 of the 10,037 students enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 109 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,600. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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