2025 Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of criminology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 421 bachelor's degrees in criminology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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

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

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 Maryland 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 Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminology

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

362 Annual Graduates

$43,698 Median Starting Salary

$59,592 Median Student Debt

University of Maryland - College Park is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminology. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the criminology program report average early career wages of $43,698.

More information about a bachelor’s in criminology from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Mount St Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD

58 Annual Graduates

$43,230 Median Starting Salary

Mount St Mary's University is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in criminology. Located in the rural area of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the criminology program report average early career wages of $43,230.

More information about a bachelor’s in criminology from Mount St Mary’s University

Best Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	539
Pennsylvania	274	509
New Jersey	193	206
Delaware	130	187
District of Columbia	126	8

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Criminology Related Rankings by Major

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Criminology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	421

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.