2025 Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

a bachelor's degree in criminology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #53 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for criminology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 154 bachelor's degrees in criminology to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - The number of criminology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for criminology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor'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 colleges for criminology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminology in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminology

1

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN

93 Annual Graduates

$39,769 Median Starting Salary

$10,033 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Indiana State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminology. Indiana State is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Terre Haute.

Criminology bachelor's degree recipients from Indiana State University get an earnings boost of around $4,558 over the average earnings of criminology majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in criminology from Indiana State University

2

Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN

16 Annual Graduates

$30,653 Median Starting Salary

Valparaiso University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in criminology. Located in the suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Soon after graduation, criminology bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $30,653 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in criminology from Valparaiso University

Best Criminology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	134
Ohio	252	373
Illinois	241	231
Wisconsin	213	225

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminology

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Criminology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	154

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.