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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Arkansas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Criminology degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Arkansas.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania | 5100 | 93100 | 0.9457 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54600 | 0.7904 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6262 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 19300 | 0.3731 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 7 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 8 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 9 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 13900 | 43200 | 0.6776 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 10 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 38300 | 0.6212 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5737 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 10 | Virginia Union University | 14500 | 51700 | 0.7198 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 13 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15400 | 26000 | 0.4072 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 16 | Avila University | 15500 | 81100 | 0.8087 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 16 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | Lander University | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3611 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 19 | Ursuline College | 15700 | 83000 | 0.8111 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 22 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 24 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 16700 | 32400 | 0.4848 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 27 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17200 | 36500 | 0.5291 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17500 | 19400 | 0.0979 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 30 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 31 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17900 | 52300 | 0.6575 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 33 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 34 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 34 | Ohio Dominican University | 18100 | 77400 | 0.7664 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18300 | 37200 | 0.5078 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 37 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2695 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 37 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | University of Rhode Island | 18800 | 33900 | 0.4455 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 41 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 62600 | 0.698 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 42 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19100 | 79300 | 0.7598 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 43 | Coker University | 19200 | 47800 | 0.5986 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19200 | 48900 | 0.6069 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19300 | 71400 | 0.7301 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19400 | 100600 | 0.8075 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Illinois College | 19500 | 55200 | 0.6471 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 47 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 49 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3561 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 49 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 51 | Carlow University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6306 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 52 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 53 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20400 | 57500 | 0.6459 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 54 | Regis University | 20600 | 67400 | 0.6943 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 20700 | 37300 | 0.4467 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 56 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 57 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 58 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 59 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 62 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5536 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 21700 | 46000 | 0.5284 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 64 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 65 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 66 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 67 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 68 | Upper Iowa University | 22500 | 41700 | 0.4589 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 69 | Manchester University | 22600 | 54100 | 0.582 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 70 | Hastings College | 22700 | 53300 | 0.5739 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22800 | 52400 | 0.565 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 72 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 73 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23700 | 89100 | 0.7339 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 75 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.493 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 76 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5864 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 77 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2938 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 78 | University of St Thomas | 24500 | 51400 | 0.5234 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 79 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 81 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 82 | Le Moyne College | 25400 | 58200 | 0.5639 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 44700 | 0.431 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 84 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 85 | Lakeland University | 25700 | 56500 | 0.5455 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 86 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 25900 | 48600 | 0.4672 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 88 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 88 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.181 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 90 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 92 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 78600 | 0.6615 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 92 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 96 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 97 | Capital University | 27200 | 63800 | 0.5736 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 98 | William Peace University | 27400 | 50200 | 0.4538 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 99 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27500 | 71200 | 0.6142 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 99 | Western Kentucky University | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 101 | Florida Southern College | 27600 | 63200 | 0.5627 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 102 | North Central College | 27800 | 66700 | 0.5829 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 103 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0758 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 103 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 105 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5408 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 28300 | 61900 | 0.5424 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 108 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 108 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 112 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 113 | Baker University | 29800 | 54800 | 0.4571 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 113 | California Lutheran University | 29800 | 71700 | 0.5846 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30100 | 54700 | 0.4495 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 116 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 30400 | 61100 | 0.5034 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 117 | Randolph-Macon College | 30600 | 71600 | 0.5722 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 119 | Lebanon Valley College | 31000 | 72200 | 0.5704 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 120 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 122 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 122 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31500 | 39200 | 0.197 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 124 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | Marquette University | 31700 | 75900 | 0.5823 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 126 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 31800 | 38800 | 0.1806 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 127 | Assumption University | 32300 | 74400 | 0.5656 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 128 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 128 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 130 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 32600 | 70900 | 0.5403 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 32700 | 61900 | 0.472 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 133 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | Hamline University | 33800 | 70100 | 0.5177 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 34000 | 66300 | 0.4872 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 139 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 35200 | 73700 | 0.5225 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 145 | St. John Fisher University | 36500 | 64800 | 0.4366 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 146 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 148 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37200 | 74600 | 0.5012 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 149 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 149 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 152 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 154 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 155 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 156 | Concordia University Texas | 38900 | 45800 | 0.1508 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 156 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 158 | Arcadia University | 39000 | 71600 | 0.4551 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 160 | Saint Michael's College | 39100 | 75800 | 0.4841 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 162 | Champlain College | 39400 | 105100 | 0.6252 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 162 | Saint Anselm College | 39400 | 77000 | 0.4884 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 39700 | 52200 | 0.2406 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 166 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 167 | Dominican University of California | 40800 | 69200 | 0.411 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 41000 | 44600 | 0.0806 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 169 | Butler University | 41300 | 68400 | 0.3965 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 170 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 171 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58500 | 0.2631 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 172 | Union University | 43500 | 66000 | 0.3417 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 173 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0928 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 174 | LeTourneau University | 44500 | 57300 | 0.2232 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 175 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 176 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 177 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48500 | 68800 | 0.2951 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 179 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 180 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50800 | 64400 | 0.2112 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53800 | 54300 | 0.0092 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 185 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Stonehill College | 68200 | 76100 | 0.1038 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 188 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 189 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.