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2023 Most Popular Online Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools

5 Colleges
$43,357 Avg Salary

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online criminology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found California University of Pennsylvania to be the most popular school for criminology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

About 65% of the students majoring in criminology at the school are women while 35% are male.

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#2

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s University landed the # 2 spot on the list. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in criminology at the school are women while 33% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great place for criminology students working on their online graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Alliant International University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the United States. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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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 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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