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2023 Best Value Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$27,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,876 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 387 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminology is the #49 most popular major in Maryland.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for criminology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland

Check out the criminology bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Criminology

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for criminology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $10,955 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Criminology majors at UMCP take out an average of $18,301 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $416, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

UMCP did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

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#2

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mount St Mary’s University is a great value for criminology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The Mount are $44,750 a year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $699, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 713
New York 578
New Jersey 222
District of Columbia 12
Delaware 190

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

Majors Similar to Criminology

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 2 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 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.

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