by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 321 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,891 and $27,365 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Georgia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia criminology students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 167 ’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Georgia list. University of West Georgia is a fairly large school located in Carrollton, Georgia that handed out 137 ’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in Georgia. Mercer University is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 17 ’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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