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2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,658 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,159 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

With 150 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminology is the #124 most popular major in Michigan.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminology Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Michigan to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Michigan

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

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

$15,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Michigan University the best value school in Michigan for criminology students. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Eastern Michigan are $15,500 a year. Criminology majors at Eastern Michigan take out an average of $29,143 in student loans while working on their egree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $153.

Full Criminology at Eastern Michigan University Report

$13,816 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Dearborn is a great value for criminology students. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM Dearborn are $13,816 per year.

Full Criminology at University of Michigan - Dearborn Report

Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 427
Illinois 243
Indiana 275
Wisconsin 225

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 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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