2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Southeast Region
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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 2,282 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,311 and $23,727 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 114 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree criminology students.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tampa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Tampa, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2019-2020.
UT also took the #2 spot in our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT are $11,870, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. USF Tampa is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 19 masters’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.
USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University New Orleans. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 23 masters’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.
Loyola New Orleans did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University New Orleans are $17,906, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Carrollton, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2019-2020.
University of West Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of West Georgia are $18,980.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 5 masters’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.
WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Kentucky University are $18,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Georgia Southern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 9 masters’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.
GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Southern University are $22,004.
Coker University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Coker University is located in Hartsville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.
Coker did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Coker are $17,976.
The University of Alabama came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
UA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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