Most Popular Schools for Criminology Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the systematic study of crime as a sociopathological phenomenon, the behavior of criminals, and the social institutions evolved to respond to crime. Includes instruction in the theory of crime, psychological and social bases of criminal behavior, social value systems and the theory of punishment, criminal law and criminal justice systems, penology, rehabilitation and recidivism, studies of specific types of crime, social attitudes and policy, and applications to specific issues in law enforcement administration and policy.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	California State University-Fresno	441	8%	$21,418
2	University of Maryland-College Park	399	4%	$27,146
3	University of California-Irvine	383	4%	$34,261
4	University of South Florida-Main Campus	306	3%	$23,320
5	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	272	7%	$35,261
6	Old Dominion University	271	5%	$26,456
7	Northern Arizona University	252	3%	$27,266
8	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	214	7%	$28,595
9	Saint Joseph's University	209	9%	$61,994
10	California State University-San Marcos	193	5%	$25,325
11	Stockton University	182	8%	$30,838
12	University of Nevada-Reno	180	4%	$25,039
13	Indiana State University	178	7%	$23,146
14	Central Connecticut State University	147	6%	$25,869
15	University of Florida	147	1%	$21,211
16	Ohio State University-Main Campus	146	1%	$27,367
17	University of West Georgia	142	5%	$24,396
18	Missouri State University-Springfield	124	3%	$21,782
19	University of Wisconsin-Madison	120	1%	$26,025
20	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus	115	4%	$7,520
21	University of Delaware	113	2%	$29,342
22	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	111	3%	$29,367
23	The University of Tampa	107	5%	$45,450
24	Eastern Michigan University	105	2%	$26,196
25	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	100	7%	$26,076
26	University of Missouri-St Louis	99	3%	$24,894
27	University of North Carolina Wilmington	97	2%	$24,982
28	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	96	1%	$27,898
29	Eastern Washington University	91	3%	$23,011
30	Upper Iowa University	85	6%	$43,750
31	Regis University	83	3%	$53,192
32	Purdue University Global-Davenport	81	1%	$14,343
33	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	80	4%	$30,275
34	University of Utah	80	1%	$24,472
35	Central New Mexico Community College	77	1%	$3,066
36	Texas A & M University-Kingsville	77	4%	$23,285
37	SUNY College at Old Westbury	70	6%	$24,133
38	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	68	3%	$25,147
39	Ohio University-Main Campus	68	1%	$28,986
40	Mississippi State University	67	1%	$24,957
41	The University of Texas at Dallas	66	1%	$29,286
42	Niagara University	64	5%	$49,830
43	Arkansas State University-Main Campus	62	1%	$23,101
44	University of Minnesota-Duluth	61	3%	$24,614
45	University of Northern Iowa	58	2%	$20,934
46	Delaware State University	56	8%	$23,420
47	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	56	2%	$19,062
48	Framingham State University	56	4%	$27,510
49	Cleveland State University	54	1%	$29,045
50	Humboldt State University	53	2%	$24,811
51	University of Florida-Online	53	11%	$4,906
52	Wright State University-Main Campus	52	1%	$25,116
53	SUNY Cortland	51	3%	$25,220
54	University of Houston-Clear Lake	50	2%	$23,276
55	Western Kentucky University	49	1%	$21,840
56	Marquette University	47	2%	$58,057
57	Virginia Union University	47	16%	$31,358
58	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	45	4%	$22,731
59	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	43	1%	$23,977
60	University of Lynchburg	41	7%	$52,880
61	Hofstra University	39	1%	$63,748
62	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce	38	4%	$16,918
63	Lindenwood University	37	1%	$30,500
64	University of Southern Maine	36	2%	$22,968
65	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus	36	4%	$60,644
66	Mount St. Mary's University	35	5%	$57,125
67	University of La Verne	35	1%	$61,696
68	Saint Anselm College	35	7%	$59,294
69	Hamline University	31	2%	$53,538
70	Arcadia University	31	3%	$59,980
71	Lasell College	31	6%	$54,900
72	Texas A & M University-Commerce	29	1%	$22,983
73	Stonehill College	29	5%	$61,246
74	Saint Vincent College	29	7%	$50,329
75	University of Pennsylvania	28	0%	$74,408
76	Le Moyne College	28	3%	$51,100
77	University of Akron Main Campus	28	1%	$27,279
78	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	28	5%	$6,787
79	Capital University	27	3%	$50,334
80	University of Miami	26	1%	$68,460
81	St. Mary's University	26	4%	$45,320
82	National Louis University	25	1%	$31,050
83	Lycoming College	25	10%	$56,155
84	University of Central Arkansas	24	1%	$22,563
85	Loyola University New Orleans	23	3%	$56,564
86	Coker College	23	9%	$42,048
87	University of Wisconsin-Stout	23	1%	$19,973
88	Cabrini University	22	4%	$47,320
89	Wilkes University	22	1%	$55,676
90	Tiffin University	22	3%	$40,200
91	Paris Junior College	21	3%	$13,847
92	Flagler College-St Augustine	21	3%	$34,990
93	Johnson C Smith University	21	9%	$32,136
94	William Peace University	21	8%	$46,130
95	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	20	1%	$24,915
96	Saint John Fisher College	20	2%	$49,210
97	Gonzaga University	19	1%	$59,795
98	The University of Texas of the Permian Basin	19	2%	$20,890
99	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	19	9%	$7,076
100	St John's University-New York	18	1%	$61,408

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Criminology program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.