Why Choose Villanova’s Graduate Program in Criminology, Law and Society?

• Develop a critical understanding of the criminal justice system
  The program helps students separate myth from reality for both crime and crime control. Special emphasis is placed on the broader social context of crime and punishment.
  
  
• Educational Excellence
  For more than a decade, Villanova University has been ranked #1 by U. S. News & World Report in the Best Universities – Master’s category in the northern region!
  
  
• Flexible Program
  A flexible program that can be tailored to your academic and professional interests.
   
• Diverse and Accomplished Faculty
  Full-time Ph.D. faculty with diverse research and teaching interests including prisons and punishment, policing, criminological theory, victimology, social justice, research methods, statistics, and law and gender.
   
• Small Classes
  Small classes in a supportive learning environment.
   
• Graduate Assistantships
  Graduate assistantships and tuition scholarships available on a competitive basis.
   
• Internships
  Internships with local, state, and federal agencies, and private policy and research organizations.
   
• Research Opportunities
  Opportunities to conduct interesting research with faculty.
   
• Attractive Campus
  An attractive suburban campus 12 miles from central Philadelphia, easily accessible by car or train.