College 101
Best Colleges to Attend to Become a Criminal Article Type: Top 10
University of Nevada
If George Clooney is your intellectual guru, head to University of Nevada, Las Vegas. What with college education and proximity to the Sunset Strip, you too might figure out how to rob the safest safe in the world.
Tufts University
Tufts is the Alma Mater of Andrew Fastow, a key mastermind behind the Enron scam. Perhaps you can follow in his footsteps and tank a great American company.
Southern Methodist University
In 1987, Southern Methodist University tackled a problem with criminal football coaches. Football fans the nation over were less than happy to hear that some players received more than $60,000 as “encouragement” to attend SMU.
University of Tennessee
Head to the University of Tennessee, and put off that pesky psych homework by honing your hacking skills. Maybe you’ll be as successful as David Kernell, the undergrad who in 2008 broke into and published vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s email.
Hofstra University
If you aspire to pull of a great Ponzi schemes and garner national infamy, you may want to head to Hofstra, Bernie Madoff’s alma mater. But we don’t recommend joining him at his current institution, Butner Medium.
Columbia University
In a 2010 police sting called “Operation Ivy League,” New York police arrested five Columbia University students. Their crime? Selling $11,000 worth of drugs...to undercover cops. Oops.
University of California- Berkeley
Many people develop new passions during their college years. Take heiress Patty Hearst, who in her sophomore year at University of California-Berkeley was abducted by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a left-wing revolutionary group that was equal parts kooky and violent. Within two weeks of her kidnapping, Patty Hearst became a passionate member of the SLA, arguably due to Stockholm syndrome.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ever heard the phrase “too smart for your own good?” Former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor John Donovan, Sr. came up with a genius plan--including shooting himself in the stomach--to frame his son for laundering money to the Russian mafia. His sentencing judge couldn’t help calling our Professor “bizarre” in the ruling.
University of Alabama- Huntsville
At 3 murders, 8 car thefts, and 80 burglaries in two years, University of Alabama-Huntsville is the place to go for not-so-comical crime.
University of Maryland- College Park
Want to catch the criminals, not be one? University of Maryland-College Park is the best school of criminology in the country.