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Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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2023 Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Criminology Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,459 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #73 most popular major in the state.

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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminology program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Irvine the most popular school in California for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

About 78% of the students majoring in criminology at the school are women while 22% are male.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 289
Oregon 12
Nevada 177

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 values are for the top school 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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