Criminology

Ranked in 2009 | Criminology Rankings Methodology

Criminology programs combine principles of sociology, law, and psychology to prepare students to deal with criminals, understand the justice system, and work to prevent crime. These are the top graduate schools for criminology.

Rank School name Score
#11 Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

3.2
#10 CUNY–​John Jay College

New York, NY

3.3
#7 Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

3.5
#7 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

3.5
#7 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–​Newark

Newark, NJ

3.5
#5 Pennsylvania State University–​University Park

University Park, PA

3.7
#5 University of California–​Irvine

Irvine, CA

3.7
#4 University of Missouri–​St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

3.8
#3 University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

4.1
#2 University at Albany–​SUNY

Albany, NY

4.4
#1 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

4.7

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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