by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 243 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,318 and $26,809 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois”.
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 Illinois list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 92 ’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s criminology degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois list. DePaul University is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 31 ’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 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #4 spot on the list. Dominican University is a small school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 24 ’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s criminology degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminology at Concordia University, Chicago
Illinois College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois list. Jacksonville, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s criminology degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Rockford University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois list. Rockford, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s criminology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Adler University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Illinois ranking. Adler University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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