by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio” 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 Ohio, there were 427 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,391 and $26,734 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 373 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in criminology. That schools that top this list have a program in criminology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Heidelberg University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Heidelberg University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tiffin, Ohio. It awarded 12 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus is a public institution located in Mansfield, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus Criminology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Lake Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Wright State University - Lake Campus is located in Celina, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
Full Wright State University - Lake Campus Criminology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capital University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Capital University is a small school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 20 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 97 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Mount St. Joseph University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 12 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%.
Otterbein University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Otterbein is a private not-for-profit institution located in Westerville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 49 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ohio Dominican University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #9. ODU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Hiram College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Hiram is a small school located in Hiram, Ohio that handed out 2 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 147 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #12. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminology at University of Akron Main Campus
Wittenberg University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Ohio ranking. Located in Springfield, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
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