2025 Best Forensic Science and Technology Schools in Virginia
4Colleges in Virginia
201Forensic Science and Technology Degrees Awarded
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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for forensic science and technology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 201 degrees in forensic science and technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Forensic Science and Technology School
Your choice of forensic science and technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Forensic Science and Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Forensic Science and Technology Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Forensic Science and Technology Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
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 Virginia
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 Virginia Schools in Forensic Science and Technology
George Mason University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in forensic science and technology. GMU is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were about 75 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in forensic science and technology. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 88 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Liberty University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in forensic science and technology. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 10 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Ferrum College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in forensic science and technology. Ferrum College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Ferrum.
There were roughly 7 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at Ferrum College 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 forensic science and technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Forensic Science and Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
