by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that 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 Illinois, there were 243 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,318 and $26,809 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 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 criminology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree criminology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Adler University landed the #2 spot on the list. Adler University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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