Criminology Colleges

All colleges and universities that offer a criminology and/or criminal justice degree are organized by country below. You can click on the country of your choice on the map, which will take you to the applicable section.

For each country except the U.S., the colleges and universities are ordered according to their Times Higher Education ranking (from high to low). For the U.S., they are ordered according to the U.S. News & World Report ranking, which ranked all graduate criminology and criminal justice programs in the country.

United States

University of Maryland – College Park (College Park, MD)
University at Albany – SUNY (Albany, NY)
University of California – Irvine (Irvine, CA)
University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Arizona State University (Phoenix, AZ)
Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Pennsylvania State University – University Park (University Park, PA)
University of Missouri – St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – Newark (Newark, NJ)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
CUNY – John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York, NY)
University of Delaware (Newark, DE)
University of Nebraska – Omaha (Omaha, NE)
University of Texas – Dallas (Richardson, TX)
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)
American University (Washington, DC)
Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
University of Illinois – Chicago (Chicago, IL)
University of Massachusetts – Lowell (Lowell, MA)
Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)
University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)

Rank Not Published (in alphabetical order):

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)
North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND)
Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Texas Southern University (Houston, TX)
University of Arkansas – Little Rock (Little Rock, AR)
University of Nevada – Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

	THE Ranking
University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)	22
University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)	201-250
Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC)	251-300
University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)	351-400
University of Regina (Regina, SK)	601-800
University of Windsor (Windsor, ON)	601-800
University of the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford, BC)	No ranking
Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, NS)	No ranking
Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford, ON)	No ranking
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, ON)	No ranking

	THE Ranking
University of Oxford (Oxford)	2
University of Cambridge (Cambridge)	4
University College London (London)	16
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh)	24
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (London)	25
University of Manchester (Manchester)	54
University of Glasgow (Glasgow)	80
Durham University (Durham City)	97
University of Sheffield (Sheffield)	104
University of Birmingham (Birmingham)	119
Queen Mary University of London (London)	121
University of Southampton (Southampton)	126
University of York (York)	137
University of Leeds (Leeds)	139
University of Nottingham (Notthingham)	143
University of Sussex (Falmer Brighton)	147
Lancaster University (Lancaster)	150
University of Leicester (Leicester)	159
Cardiff University (Cardiff)	162
University of Liverpool (Liverpool)	177
University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen)	185
Staffordshire University (Staffordshire)	101-125
Birmingham City University (Birmingham)	151-200
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham)	151-200
University of Worcester (Worcestor)	151-200
University of Winchester (Winchester)	151-200
Solent University Southampton (Southampton)	201+
University of Cumbria (Lancester)	201+
Canterbury Christ Church University (Canterbury)	201+
Queen’s University Belfast (Belfast)	201-250
Swansea University (Swansea, Wales)	251-300
University of Surrey (Guildford, Surrey)	251-300
University of Essex (Colchester)	251-300
University of Kent (Canterbury, Kent)	301-350
Bangor University (Bangor, Gwynedd)	301-350
University of Essex Online	301-350
Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge)	301-350
University of Stirling (Stirling)	301-350
Birkbeck, University of London (London)	301-350

	THE Ranking
University College Dublin (Dublin)	201-250
National University of Ireland Maynooth (Maynooth)	401
University College Cork (Cork)	351-400
University of Limerick (Limerick)	501-600
Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin)	601-800
Institute of Public Administration (Dublin)	No ranking

	THE Ranking
Leiden University (Leiden)	67
Utrecht University (Utrecht)	68
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam)	70
University of Groningen (Groningen)	83
Maastricht University (Maastricht)	103
VU University Amsterdam (Amsterdam)	165

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