by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Mississippi, there were 70 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $25,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,513 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminology.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi doctor’s degree criminology students.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 70 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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