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2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,689 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,148 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

Criminology is the #20 most popular major in Delaware with 190 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Criminology Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Delaware 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Delaware

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

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

$8,358 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware State University the best value school in Delaware for criminology students. Located in the small city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Del State undergraduate students pay an average of $8,358 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Criminology majors at Del State take out an average of $26,125 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $443, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Del State is ranked #4 for overall quality for criminology in Delaware.

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$15,020 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in Delaware. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD undergraduate students pay an average of $15,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that criminology majors at UD take out is $23,375. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $421.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UD is ranked #1 for overall quality for criminology in Delaware.

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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
Maryland 387
New Jersey 222
District of Columbia 12

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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