Best Universities for Criminology and Criminal Justice in North America

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Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Criminology and Criminal Justice. A graph of 770M citations received by 24.2M academic papers made by 535 universities in North America was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of California - Berkeley

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

2. University of Chicago

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

3. Pennsylvania State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

5. University of Toronto

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#1 in Canada
#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

6. Yale University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

7. Columbia University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

8. University of Cincinnati

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
85%

9. Harvard University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

10. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

11. University of Maryland - College Park

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

12. University of Washington - Seattle

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

13. Michigan State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

14. University of Pennsylvania

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

15. Ohio State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

16. New York University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

17. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

18. University of California - Los Angeles

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

19. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$8,365
Enrollment
15,210

20. University of California - Irvine

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

21. Florida State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

22. Simon Fraser University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#2 in Canada
#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
1965

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

24. SUNY at Albany

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
92%

25. University of Pittsburgh

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

26. University of South Florida

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
99%

27. George Mason University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

28. University of British Columbia

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#3 in Canada
#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

29. University of Arizona

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

30. Temple University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$11,292
Enrollment
35,626

31. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

32. Stanford University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

33. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

34. Johns Hopkins University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

35. Carleton University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#4 in Canada
#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
27,823
Founded
1942

36. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

37. Emory University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

38. Georgia State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
97%

39. University of Southern California

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

40. University of Montreal

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#5 in Canada
#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
45,360
Founded
1878

41. Boston University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

42. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

43. University of Florida

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

44. George Washington University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$31,240

45. University of Missouri - St Louis

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
97%

46. University of Virginia

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

47. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

48. Duke University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

49. University of Kentucky

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

50. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

51. Sam Houston State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
97%
Average SAT
1035
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
84%

52. University of Ottawa

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#6 in Canada
#72 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

53. Cornell University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

54. Iowa State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

55. Vanderbilt University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

56. Loyola University Chicago

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$29,371

57. Queen's University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#7 in Canada
#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
30,386
Founded
1841

58. University of Delaware

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1248
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
90%

59. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

60. American University in Washington

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$28,622

61. Princeton University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

62. Washington University in St Louis

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

63. Albany State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$6,872
Enrollment
6,297

64. Wayne State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
99%

65. University of California - San Francisco

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

66. York University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#8 in Canada
#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

67. University of California - Davis

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

68. Northeastern University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,927

69. Boston College

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,159

70. Carnegie Mellon University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

71. Florida International University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
96%

72. University of Nebraska at Omaha

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$7,224

73. Bowling Green State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1115
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%

74. Washington State University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$9,993
Enrollment
29,843

75. University of Central Florida

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

76. McGill University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#9 in Canada
#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

77. University of Alabama

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

78. Georgetown University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,049

79. University of Alberta

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#10 in Canada
#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

80. University of Connecticut

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

81. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

82. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

83. University of Miami

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$34,492

84. Fordham University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$37,583

85. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
100%

86. Western University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#11 in Canada
#122 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

87. University of California-San Diego

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

88. University of Iowa

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

89. Marquette University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$33,566

90. Virginia Commonwealth University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
85%

91. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

92. University of New Hampshire

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

93. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1281
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

94. Mitchell Hamline School of Law

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
1,220
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
2015

95. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
76%

96. University of Utah

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

97. DePaul University

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Net Price
$31,872
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$25,282

98. University of Colorado Boulder

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

99. University at Buffalo

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

100. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Criminology and Criminal Justice

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$13,432