2025 Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

If you plan on getting your master's degree in criminology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #130 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for criminology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 master's degrees in criminology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for criminology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminology related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 in Georgia.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminology in Georgia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in criminology.

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Criminology

1

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

13 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminology has to look into Georgia Southern University. GaSou is a very large public university located in the distant town of Statesboro.More information about a master’s in criminology from Georgia Southern University

2

University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA

14 Annual Graduates

University of West Georgia is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in criminology. Located in the town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in criminology from University of West Georgia

Best Criminology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	56
Alabama	151	9
Kentucky	147	7
Louisiana	147	20
South Carolina	146	6
Mississippi	145	0
West Virginia	112	3

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Criminology Related Rankings by Major

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Criminology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	27

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.