2025 Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida

Criminalistics and Criminal Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #427 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 125 bachelor's degrees in criminalistics and criminal science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminalistics and criminal science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminalistics and criminal science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminalistics and criminal science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminalistics and criminal science students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminalistics and Criminal Science in Florida

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminalistics and criminal science.

Top Florida Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminalistics and Criminal Science

1

Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

74 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Florida Gulf Coast University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminalistics and criminal science. Located in the suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminalistics and criminal science from Florida Gulf Coast University

2

Florida International University
Miami, FL

51 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Florida International University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminalistics and criminal science. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminalistics and criminal science from Florida International University

Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
South Carolina	370	0
Alabama	320	54
West Virginia	223	24

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminalistics and Criminal Science

Criminalistics and Criminal Science is one of 8 different types of Security Science and Technology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminalistics and Criminal Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Forensic Science and Technology	101
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	70
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	1

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.