2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Criminology is the 79th most popular major in the country with 10,182 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 843 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree criminology students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$30,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMSL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMSL are $30,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminology at UMSL

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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