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2021 Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

67 Colleges
9,522 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,309 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsIn <nil>, 9,522 people earned their bachelor's in criminology, making the major the #53 most popular in the United States.

This year's Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 67 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in criminology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the criminology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying criminology.

Top 10 Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Maryland - College Park tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional criminology students. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Criminology ranking.

The student loan default rate at UMCP is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,700 students take at least one class online at UMCP. 4,841 students are part time.

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Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA

Our rankings recognize Saint Joseph's University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. St. Joe's also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminology rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. 2,032 students at St. Joe’s are exclusively online. 2,163 students are part time.

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best criminology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Indiana, IUP is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 2.6% of IUP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,692 students take at least one class online at IUP. 2,127 of IUP students are attending part time.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Florida earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population. UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Criminology list.

About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. 11,205 students are part time.

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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Irvine. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population. UC Irvine not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Criminology list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 23,448 students at UC Irvine that take at least one class online. 1,201 of UC Irvine students are attending part time.

Full Criminology at University of California - Irvine Report

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of South Florida - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population. USF Tampa also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminology rankings.

About 1.2% of USF Tampa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,899 students at USF Tampa that take at least one class online. About 13,938 of the students at USF Tampa are attending part time.

Full Criminology at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

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University of Houston - Clear Lake earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. UH Clear Lake excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Criminology list.

The student loan default rate at UH Clear Lake is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,857 students at UH Clear Lake that take at least one class online. 4,970 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Framingham State University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public school with a small student population.

About 2.3% of Framingham State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,621 students at Framingham State are exclusively online. 1,657 students are part time.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Delaware. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population. UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Criminology list.

About 0.9% of UD students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 13,666 students at UD that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,486 part time students in attendance at UD.

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University of Missouri - St Louis earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 4,183 students at UMSL that take at least one class online. About 9,899 of the students at UMSL are attending part time.

Full Criminology at University of Missouri - St Louis Report

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for non-traditional students studying Criminology that almost earned our Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students award.

Rank College Location
11 California State University - San Marcos San Marcos, CA
12 University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Whitewater, WI
13 Mount St Mary’s University Emmitsburg, MD

Criminology by Region

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