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2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$12,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,695 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

In 2020-2021, 54 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminology students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #80 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Criminology Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Missouri 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

$8,294 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in Missouri for criminology students. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $8,294 per year.

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$12,015 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Criminology Schools in Missouri list. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMSL are $12,015 a year.

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$11,271 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMKC are $11,271 a year.

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#4

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO
$18,640 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lindenwood University are $18,640 a year.

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Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 0

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

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 averages are for the top 4 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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