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2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$28,676 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Criminology Doctor's Degree School for You

Criminology is the #142 most popular major in the country with 936 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Criminology

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Florida - Main Campus the best value school in the Southeast Region for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 per year.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

Old Dominion graduate students pay an average of $33,288 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. UofSC is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofSC are $30,160 a year.

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Best Criminology Colleges by State

Explore the best criminology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 2
Florida 63
Georgia 22
North Carolina 1
Kentucky 7
Louisiana 20
Alabama 9
South Carolina 10
Mississippi 0
West Virginia 3

One of 12 majors within the area of study, criminology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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).

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