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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Criminology Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 321 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 Georgia.
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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.
Georgia Southern University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminology. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 167 criminology students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.
University of West Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminology. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 30th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 137 criminology students who graduated with this degree at University of West Georgia in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the criminology program earn about $31,891 for their early career.
Mercer University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in criminology. Located in the city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #415 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mercer is a great university overall.
There were about 17 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Mercer in the most recent year we have data available.
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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).