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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Criminology is the 80th most popular major in the country with 11,039 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, criminology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,568 and had an average of $24,453 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 243 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,318 and $26,809 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 231 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois list. Illinois College is a small school located in Jacksonville, Illinois that handed out 14 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois. NLU is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 57 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 86 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rockford University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois. Rockford, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Concordia University, Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #6. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at Concordia University, Chicago
DePaul University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology 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%.
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