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Most Popular Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Criminology Graduate Certificate School for You

Criminology is the #142 most popular major in the country with 936 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Criminology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for criminology students working on their graduate certificate. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

Women make up 67% of the criminology majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminology at Concordia University, Chicago

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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#3

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Tiffin University is a great place for criminology students working on their graduate certificate. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Tiffin.

Read full report on Criminology at Tiffin University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Best Criminology Colleges by State

Explore the best criminology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 16
Illinois 12
Ohio 54
Indiana 8
Wisconsin 0

One of 12 majors within the area of study, criminology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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