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2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$57,984 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

In 2020-2021, 4 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminology students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #133 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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

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.

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

Best Criminology School

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for criminology students. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Criminology Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 39
Pennsylvania 203
Maryland 20
New Jersey 16
Delaware 3

More Criminology Rankings in District of Columbia

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 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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