2025 Best Criminology Schools in Arizona

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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminology Schools in Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 275 degrees in criminology to qualified students.

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Pick Your Criminology 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 Arizona 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 Arizona

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 Arizona Schools in Criminology

1

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

250 Criminology Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in criminology needs to check out Northern Arizona University. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in criminology from Northern Arizona University

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

56.0% Growth in Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminology. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.More information about a degree in criminology from Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Criminology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	440
Oklahoma	565	24
New Mexico	416	83

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminology

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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.