2024 Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

a bachelor's degree in criminology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #53 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 109 bachelor's degrees in criminology to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt criminology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminology in Arkansas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminology.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminology

1

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

53 Annual Graduates

$27,665 Median Starting Salary

$20,078 Median Student Debt

University of Central Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in criminology. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the criminology program earn around $27,665 for their early career.

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2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

56 Annual Graduates

$28,247 Median Starting Salary

$27,875 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Arkansas State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in criminology. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a large student population.

Soon after graduating, criminology bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $28,247 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in criminology from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Best Criminology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Criminology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	870
Georgia	224	299
Tennessee	220	13
North Carolina	213	208
Virginia	213	300
South Carolina	195	117
Kentucky	187	74
Alabama	184	262
Louisiana	171	36
Mississippi	169	70
West Virginia	147	148

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Criminology Related Rankings by Major

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Criminology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	109

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.