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Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina

5 Colleges
$31,511 Avg Salary
$25,125 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

With 209 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminology is the #102 most popular major in North Carolina.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Criminology Colleges.

Top North Carolina Schools in Criminology

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best school for criminology students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Criminology majors at NC State take out an average of $21,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great place for criminology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

While working on their degree, criminology majors at UNCW accumulate an average of around $21,000 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $302, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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#4

Johnson C Smith University

Charlotte, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Johnson C Smith University is a great place for criminology students. JCSU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Criminology majors at JCSU take out an average of $31,000 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $283, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Peace University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina list. WPU is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Raleigh.

On average, criminology graduates from WPU take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $428.

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Best Criminology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 321
Virginia 302
Florida 933
Tennessee 13
Kentucky 81
South Carolina 127
Louisiana 56
Arkansas 110
Alabama 271
Mississippi 70
West Virginia 151

Criminology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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