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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in California

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$39,300 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in California

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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 California, there were 1,459 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,821 and $20,932 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,525 and $0 respectively.

The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree criminology students.

Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in California

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Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

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