2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$34,300
Avg Cost*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” 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 the Southwest region, there were 842 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,435 and $22,013 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree criminology students.
Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Read full report on Criminology at UT Dallas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at Arizona State University - Tempe
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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