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2022 Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$33,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,182 people earned their degree in criminology, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, criminology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,583 and had an average of $24,397 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 330 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,600 and $27,667 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the criminology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The criminology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree criminology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.

Old Dominion not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Old Dominion are $33,288.

Read more about Criminology at Old Dominion University

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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