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2023 Best Value Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$22,380 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,357 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, criminology was ranked #142 in the country. In fact 936 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Criminology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Check out the criminology graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Criminology Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Reno the best value school in the Far Western US Region for criminology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNR are $22,380 a year.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Nevada - Reno

Best Criminology Colleges by State

Explore the best criminology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 81
Washington 7
Nevada 6

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

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 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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