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 has developed its “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular criminology programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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