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2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$27,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Criminology Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 936 people earned a degree or certificate in criminology, making the major the #142 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for criminology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Delaware the best value school in the United States for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UD is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Delaware

Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. IUP is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUP are $18,207 per year.

Read full report on Criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 a year.

Full Criminology at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMCP also did well on our Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 a year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Washington State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 per year.

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University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 per year.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Missouri - St Louis

#10

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Florida

Criminology by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Criminology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Criminology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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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