2026 Best Criminology Schools in Louisiana
Criminology degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best criminology schools.
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Best Schools for Criminology in Louisiana
If you are not 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.
Top Schools in Criminology
No school ranked higher than Loyola University New Orleans this year for criminology. Located in the city of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans is a mid-sized private not-for-profit university. Loyola University New Orleans graduates 59% of students within six years. There were roughly 67 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola University New Orleans in the most recent data year. Graduates of the criminology program make about $35,578 in their early career. Loyola University New Orleans graduates carry a median of $27,000 in student loans.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
