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2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$27,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Criminology Doctor's Degree School for You

Criminology is the #81 most popular major in the country with 11,039 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Delaware the best value school in the United States for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a year.

UD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminology schools in the United States. IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

IUP graduate students pay an average of $18,207 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of South Florida - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminology schools in the United States. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 per year.

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Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

UMCP also claimed a spot on our Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for criminology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Washington State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UMSL is a large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 a year.

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#10

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.

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Criminology by Region

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 13 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).

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