2025 Best Forensic Science and Technology Schools in Pennsylvania

A degree in forensic science and technology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #208 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Forensic Science and Technology Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 219 degrees in forensic science and technology annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Forensic Science and Technology Schools List

Forensic Science and Technology Rankings by Degree Level

The forensic science and technology 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 Forensic Science and Technology Schools in Pennsylvania. 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 Forensic Science and Technology in Pennsylvania

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 forensic science and technology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Forensic Science and Technology

1

Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5.3% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in forensic science and technology has to look into Mercyhurst University. Located in the small city of Erie, Mercyhurst is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in forensic science and technology from Mercyhurst University

2

Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

63.2% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in forensic science and technology has to take a look at Point Park University. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a degree in forensic science and technology from Point Park University

Best Forensic Science and Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Forensic Science and Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	512
Maryland	618	220
New Jersey	614	11
District of Columbia	441	16

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Forensic Science and Technology Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Forensic Science and Technology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	174
Criminalistics and Criminal Science	30
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	18
Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy	8
Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis	3

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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.