2024 Best Criminology Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a degree in criminology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #76 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 387 degrees in criminology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Criminology Schools List

Criminology Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminology Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Criminology in Maryland

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Maryland Schools in Criminology

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

346 Criminology Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in criminology has to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in criminology from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Mount St Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7.7% Growth in Graduates

Mount St Mary's University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminology. Located in the town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in criminology from Mount St Mary’s University

Best Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	578
Pennsylvania	978	678
New Jersey	614	222
District of Columbia	441	12
Delaware	345	190

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Criminology Related Rankings by Major

Criminology is one of 0 different types of Criminology programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.