A degree in criminology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #80 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
There was only one school in Maine to review for the 2025 Best Criminology Schools in Maine ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminology Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of criminology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Southern Maine if you wish to pursue a degree in criminology. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Portland.
Degree recipients from the criminology program at University of Southern Maine make $8,688 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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).
