2021 Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
4Colleges
1,341Bachelor's Degrees
$32,543Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Criminology is the #44 most popular major in California with 1,341 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 14.1% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in criminology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminology programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminology program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California
Check out the criminology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Criminology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of California - Irvine has taken the #1 spot in this year's criminology ranking for non-traditional students. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine. UC Irvine not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Criminology in California 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. About 1,201 of the students at UC Irvine are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize California State University - San Marcos as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a fairly large student population. CSUSM not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Criminology in California list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 8,464 students at CSUSM that take at least one class online. 3,222 students are part time.
California State University - Fresno earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population. Fresno State also made our Best Colleges for Criminology in California list, coming in at #4.
The student loan default rate at Fresno State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 17,956 students at Fresno State that take at least one class online. 4,540 students are part time.
University of La Verne earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. ULV is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of La Verne. ULV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Criminology in California list.
About 1.3% of ULV students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 985 students take at least one class online at ULV. 1,920 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Criminology
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 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).
Criminology is the #44 most popular major in California with 1,341 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 14.1% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
