2024 Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools in New York

Criminology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #130 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 39 master's degrees in criminology to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt criminology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminology Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Criminology in New York

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in criminology.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Criminology

1

Niagara University
Niagara University, NY

14 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminology needs to check out Niagara University. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Niagara University.More information about a master’s in criminology from Niagara University

2

St John's University - New York
Queens, NY

25 Annual Graduates

$46,634 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in criminology needs to look into St John's University - New York. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Queens.

Students who graduate with their master's from the criminology program state that they receive average early career income of $46,634.

More information about a master’s in criminology from St John’s University - New York

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
Pennsylvania	248	161
Maryland	193	16
New Jersey	188	16
District of Columbia	154	4
Delaware	109	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminology

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Criminology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	39

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.