2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

With 66 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminology is the #115 most popular major in Massachusetts.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value programs for criminology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminology Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

#1

Lasell University

Newton, MA

64 Degrees

#18 in Quality in Massachusetts

$42,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Lasell University to be the best value school for criminology students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. Lasell is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Newton.

Lasell undergraduate students pay an average of $42,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminology at Lasell University Report

#2

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, MA

2 Degrees

$14,677 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Boston is a great value for criminology students. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

UMass Boston undergraduate students pay an average of $14,677 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Criminology Colleges in the New England Region

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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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