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2023 Most Popular Online Criminology Schools

6 Colleges
$33,568 Avg Salary
$24,453 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 936 people earned a degree or certificate in criminology, making the major the #142 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Online Criminology Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online criminology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the most popular online school in the United States for criminology students. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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#2

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent online programs at Saint Joseph’s University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the United States. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The excellent online programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent online programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the United States. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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The excellent online programs at Alliant International University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the United States. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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#5

Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grambling State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Criminology Schools list. Located in the town of Grambling, GSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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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 6 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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