by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” 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 Texas, there were 440 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,188 and $24,321 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 361 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in criminology. To top this list, a school must have a successful criminology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree criminology students.
Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Texas A&M University - San Antonio
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Mary’s is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Odessa, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
Full The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Criminology Report
Howard Payne University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Howard Payne University is located in Brownwood, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
McMurry University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. McMurry University is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
University of St. Thomas landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s criminology degrees 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%.
LeTourneau University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. LeTourneau University is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Concordia University, Texas came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Lakeway, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Concordia University, Texas
Saint Edward’s University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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