If you plan on majoring in crisis/emergency/disaster management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #268 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 125 degrees in crisis/emergency/disaster management annually.
Choosing a Great Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management School
Your choice of crisis/emergency/disaster management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Degree Level
The crisis/emergency/disaster management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools in New York.
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Best Schools for Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New York Schools in Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
Every student pursuing a degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management needs to look into John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Located in the city of New York, John Jay is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #163 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means John Jay is a great college overall.
There were approximately 39 crisis/emergency/disaster management students who graduated with this degree at John Jay in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Adelphi University if you want to pursue a degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management. Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Adelphi is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 10 crisis/emergency/disaster management students who graduated with this degree at Adelphi in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in crisis/emergency/disaster management has to take a look at SUNY Canton. SUNY Canton is a small public school located in the town of Canton. This school ranks 126th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 11 crisis/emergency/disaster management students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Canton in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of crisis/emergency/disaster management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
