2025 Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware

Criminology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #53 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the best for criminology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 191 bachelor's degrees in criminology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 - How many other criminology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 much debt criminology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for criminology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Delaware Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminology

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

149 Annual Graduates

$35,968 Median Starting Salary

$43,430 Median Student Debt

University of Delaware is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in criminology. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Criminology bachelor's degree recipients from University of Delaware receive an earnings boost of around $2,629 over the average earnings of criminology majors.

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2

Delaware State University
Dover, DE

42 Annual Graduates

$30,710 Median Starting Salary

$39,981 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in criminology has to check out Delaware State University. Del State is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Dover.

After graduation, criminology bachelor's recipients generally earn about $30,710 at the beginning of their careers.

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Best Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	539
Pennsylvania	274	509
Maryland	207	367
New Jersey	193	206
District of Columbia	126	8

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Criminology Related Rankings by Major

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Criminology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	191

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.