2021 Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
6Colleges
832Bachelor's Degrees
$28,775Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in criminology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminology programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminology program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Missouri - St Louis has taken the #1 spot in this year's criminology ranking for non-traditional students. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. UMSL not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.3% of UMSL students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,183 students at UMSL that take at least one class online. 9,899 of UMSL students are attending part time.
Upper Iowa University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. UIU also made our Best Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #6.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. 1,973 of UIU students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,332 of the students at UIU are attending part time.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population. UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UMN Twin Cities is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,237 students take at least one class online at UMN Twin Cities. There are roughly 13,655 part time students in attendance at UMN Twin Cities.
Our rankings recognize University of Minnesota - Duluth as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Duluth. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Duluth, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 0.4% of UMN Duluth students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,332 students take at least one class online at UMN Duluth. There are roughly 1,623 part time students in attendance at UMN Duluth.
Our rankings recognize University of Northern Iowa as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a medium-sized student population. UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at UNI is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. 1,478 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Missouri State University - Springfield. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Missouri State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 8,590 students at Missouri State that take at least one class online. 9,136 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
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 the rest 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).