by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 11,039 people earned their degree in criminology, making the major the 80th most popular in the United States. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 254 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,455 and $21,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 167 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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 colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree criminology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized school located in Pueblo, Colorado that handed out 22 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Durango, Colorado, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 81 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Regis University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Adams State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Adams State University is a public institution located in Alamosa, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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