2026 Best Value Criminology Schools in New Hampshire
[Criminology](/majors/social-sciences/criminology/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for criminology students.
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2026 Best Value Criminology Schools in New Hampshire
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in criminology, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Criminology Schools
For return on investment in criminology, no school beat Saint Anselm College this year. Saint Anselm College is a mid-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester. Students from in state pay about $48,920 in tuition and fees. Criminology graduates carry a median of $27,000 in student loans. Soon after graduation, criminology degree recipients from Saint Anselm College generally make around $46,814. Set against $27,000 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Saint Anselm College admits about 78% of applicants.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.
- 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 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).
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