by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s” 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 Indiana, there were 275 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,653 and $25,062 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,857 and $26,625 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in criminology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for indiana bachelor’s degree criminology students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and it awarded 128 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valparaiso University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Valparaiso, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, 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 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. SMWC is a small school located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana that handed out 6 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Huntington University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Huntington, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Manchester University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Manchester University is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Manchester, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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