by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,493 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,842 and $26,341 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in criminology. 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree criminology students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tiffin University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tiffin, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Ohio that handed out 43 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, 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 Indiana State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Adler University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 0 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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