2024 Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools
40
Colleges in the United States
789
Master's Degrees
Criminology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #178 most popular master'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 2024, College Factual analyzed 40 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 789 master's degrees in criminology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Criminology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of criminology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality criminology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminology students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other criminology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminology students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Criminology Schools
The criminology 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 Criminology Master's Degree Schools.
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Featured Criminology Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
MS in Criminal Justice
Gain the management, leadership, data analysis and budgeting skills you need to advance in the criminal justice field with this online master's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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