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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri” ranking.
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 Missouri, there were 373 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,695 and $24,105 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in criminology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 14 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 9 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri. Missouri State is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 21 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 7 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminology Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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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