by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Texas for a Master’s” 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 Texas, there were 440 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,188 and $24,321 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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 texas master’s degree criminology students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #1 spot on the list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2020-2021.
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 University of Houston - Clear Lake
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 #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Master’s. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Texas for a Master’s. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminology at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
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