Overview

The graduate program provides training in theory, methods, statistics, and substantive issues related to crime and its control. For students with strong interests in methodology and statistics, we also offer graduate certificates in quantitative criminology and survey methods.

Related departments (such as economics, human development and family studies, political science, psychology, and statistics) provide a wide range of graduate courses of interest to Criminology students.

Features

Our program is unique. Like the best graduate programs in the country, we possess a large faculty with specialized expertise in criminology and criminal justice. Unlike those departments, however, we possess a strong theoretical and methodological foundation due to our close relationship with a sociology program.

Moreover, because we are also an interdisciplinary program incorporating a broad range of perspectives on criminology and crime and justice, students at Pennsylvania State University can receive Ph.D.’s in criminology while obtaining a top-quality education from a major research university.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Criminal Justice Organizations and Institutions
Criminological Theories
Theory Testing and Manuscript Writing in Criminology
Moral Criminology
Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing
Communities and Crime
Teaching Sociology/Criminology

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-08 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

Criminology View 21 other PhDs in Criminology in United States

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Selection is based on:

official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended,
three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant's academic performance,
a statement of goals,
a sample of written work such as a term paper,
and Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) verbal, quantitative, and writing scores.

Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

58500 USD / full

≈ 58500 USD / full
Out-of-State

58500 USD / full

≈ 58500 USD / full
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

32460 USD / full

≈ 32460 USD / full

Living costs

University Park

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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