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2023 Most Popular Criminology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

10 Colleges
$34,842 Avg Salary
$26,341 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

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

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Criminology Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for criminology students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . BGSU is a large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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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. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Tiffin.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Terre Haute.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Chicago is a great place for criminology students. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

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Eastern Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for criminology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UC is a very large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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#9

Adler University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #9, Adler University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminology students. Adler is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular criminology programs. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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 10 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).

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