If you plan on majoring in criminology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for criminology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 279 degrees in criminology to qualified students.
Your choice of criminology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Criminology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Criminology Schools in Indiana.
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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.
Indiana State University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in criminology. Indiana State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Terre Haute. This university ranks 23rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 135 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Indiana State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, criminology degree recipients generally make around $40,538 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student who is interested in criminology has to look into Valparaiso University. Located in the suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 21st out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 6 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Valpo in the most recent data year. After graduation, criminology degree recipients typically make around $30,653 in their early careers.
Purdue University Global is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminology. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Global is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #284 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue University Global is a great university overall.
There were approximately 102 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Purdue University Global in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the criminology program report average early career wages of $36,766.
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).
Your choice of criminology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Criminology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
