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2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,990 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,511 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

With 209 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminology is the #102 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Criminology Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for criminology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Wilmington to be the best value school for criminology students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNCW are $7,238 a year. While working on their degree, criminology majors at UNCW accumulate an average of around $21,000 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $302, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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

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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in North Carolina. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Criminology majors at NC State take out an average of $21,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UNC Charlotte is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Criminology Schools in North Carolina list.

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#4

Johnson C Smith University

Charlotte, NC
$18,944 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson C Smith University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in North Carolina list. JCSU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCSU are $18,944 per year. Criminology majors at JCSU take out an average of $31,000 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $283, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$32,450 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Peace University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Schools in North Carolina list. WPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Raleigh.

WPU undergraduate students pay an average of $32,450 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, criminology graduates from WPU take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $428.

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Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 321
Virginia 302
Florida 933
Tennessee 13
Kentucky 81
South Carolina 127
Louisiana 56
Arkansas 110
Alabama 271
Mississippi 70
West Virginia 151

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 5 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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