2024 Best Criminology Schools in New Jersey

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for criminology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 222 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminology Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 New Jersey

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 New Jersey Schools in Criminology

1

Stockton University
Galloway, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

191 Criminology Degrees Awarded

8.4% Growth in Graduates

Stockton University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminology. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Galloway, Stockton State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in criminology from Stockton University

2

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus
Madison, NJ

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminology. Located in the suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in criminology from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus

Best Criminology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	578
Pennsylvania	978	678
Maryland	618	387
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.