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2025 Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges in the Southeast Region
205 Criminalistics and Criminal Science Degrees Awarded
Criminalistics and Criminal Science isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #620 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminalistics and criminal science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 205 degrees in criminalistics and criminal science annually.

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Choosing a Great Criminalistics and Criminal Science School

Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Schools in the Southeast Region The criminalistics and criminal science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminalistics and Criminal Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminalistics and criminal science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Criminalistics and Criminal Science
Master's Degrees in Criminalistics and Criminal Science

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Criminalistics and Criminal Science in the Southeast Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminalistics and criminal science degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Criminalistics and Criminal Science

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
77 Criminalistics and Criminal Science Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in criminalistics and criminal science needs to check out Florida Gulf Coast University. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 37th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 77 criminalistics and criminal science students who graduated with this degree at FGCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in criminalistics and criminal science from Florida Gulf Coast University

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In FL
40 Criminalistics and Criminal Science Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in criminalistics and criminal science has to look into Florida International University. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #262 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.

There were about 40 criminalistics and criminal science students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in criminalistics and criminal science from Florida International University

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In AL
46 Criminalistics and Criminal Science Degrees Awarded

Jacksonville State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminalistics and criminal science. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Jacksonville. This university ranks 25th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were about 46 criminalistics and criminal science students who graduated with this degree at Jacksonville State University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Criminalistics and Criminal Science Colleges by State

Explore the best criminalistics and criminal science colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 715 92
South Carolina 530 0
Alabama 500 54
West Virginia 410 24

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One of 8 majors within the Security Science and Technology area of study, Criminalistics and Criminal Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Forensic Science and Technology 1,261
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism 483
Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy 271
Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis 50
Security Science and Technology, General 47
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation 36
Geospatial Intelligence 8

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