2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

With 12 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminology is the #182 most popular major in Illinois.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Criminology Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Best Criminology School

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

6 Degrees

#24 in Quality in Illinois

$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the best value school for criminology students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

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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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