2023 Best Value Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree School for You
Criminology is the #59 most popular major in Arkansas with 110 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
The Best Value Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for criminology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Criminology
Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the best value school in Arkansas for criminology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
A-State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, criminology graduates from A-State take out $29,374 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great value for criminology students working on their bachelor’s degree. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCA are $9,563 a year.
UCA also took the #5 spot in our Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 321 |
| Virginia | 302 |
| North Carolina | 209 |
| Florida | 933 |
| Tennessee | 13 |
| Kentucky | 81 |
| South Carolina | 127 |
| Louisiana | 56 |
| Alabama | 271 |
| Mississippi | 70 |
| West Virginia | 151 |
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Majors Related to Criminology
Criminology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.