2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

In 2020-2021, 54 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminology students who went to a Ohio college or university. This makes it the #95 most popular major in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Criminology Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Ohio to see which 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Ohio

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

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

#1

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

Bowling Green, OH

43 Degrees

#18 in Quality in Ohio

$13,061 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Bowling Green State University - Main Campus the best value school in Ohio for criminology students. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

BGSU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,061 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminology at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

#2

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH

2 Degrees

#16 in Quality in Ohio

$11,777 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,777 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Criminology at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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Majors Related to Criminology

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Most Popular Majors Related to Criminology

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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