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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 10900 | 25900 | 0.5801 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11300 | 20500 | 0.4472 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11600 | 25200 | 0.5375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12300 | 19300 | 0.3627 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 13 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 15 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5446 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 13900 | 39400 | 0.6468 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14000 | 24700 | 0.435 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 19 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14700 | 29800 | 0.5062 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 24 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5542 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 27 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5141 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17000 | 29800 | 0.429 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 31 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 33 | Avila University | 17400 | 64100 | 0.7283 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 17500 | 42200 | 0.5847 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17500 | 54400 | 0.6786 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2971 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Ursuline College | 18000 | 61900 | 0.7088 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 40 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 41 | Framingham State University | 18400 | 31000 | 0.4066 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 41 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 43 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7576 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 47 | Carlow University | 19400 | 82500 | 0.7649 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 47 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 47 | McMurry University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6257 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 72100 | 0.7294 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 51 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 51 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 40800 | 0.5197 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 53 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 53 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 53 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 56 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | Ohio Dominican University | 20000 | 55400 | 0.639 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 58 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 59 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20400 | 48900 | 0.5824 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 61 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 62 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 63 | University of Lynchburg | 21300 | 54900 | 0.6124 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 64 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 65 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4784 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 67 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 67 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 69 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 71 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 72 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 72 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22800 | 70000 | 0.6742 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 75 | Hastings College | 23100 | 63000 | 0.6333 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 76 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 76 | Hamline University | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5889 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 78 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23700 | 34800 | 0.3186 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 80 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 80 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 82 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 85 | University of St Thomas | 24900 | 50900 | 0.511 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 86 | Heidelberg University | 25300 | 48600 | 0.4795 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 88 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 54900 | 0.5314 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 89 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 91 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 91 | University of La Verne | 25800 | 66800 | 0.6136 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 94 | St Bonaventure University | 26000 | 61200 | 0.5751 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 94 | University of Mobile | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4613 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 96 | St. Mary's University | 26100 | 59800 | 0.5637 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 97 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26800 | 0.0187 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 98 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 26700 | 62400 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 101 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 102 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 103 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 106 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 106 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2722 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 109 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 110 | Webster University | 28300 | 54700 | 0.4829 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 111 | Flagler College | 28400 | 61200 | 0.5358 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 112 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 114 | North Central College | 28600 | 64900 | 0.5594 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 115 | Cedar Crest College | 28700 | 66000 | 0.5648 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 117 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29000 | 59400 | 0.5117 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 119 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4179 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 120 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 123 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 123 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 125 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.098 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 127 | Fresno Pacific University | 30600 | 52200 | 0.4146 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 128 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 129 | Mount Saint Mary College | 30900 | 68600 | 0.5496 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 131 | Lebanon Valley College | 31000 | 72400 | 0.572 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 133 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 134 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3857 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 135 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 137 | Marquette University | 32300 | 66500 | 0.5142 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 138 | Lander University | 32900 | 37700 | 0.1275 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 140 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 33800 | 71400 | 0.5266 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 142 | Siena University | 34000 | 65100 | 0.4778 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 143 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 144 | Assumption University | 34600 | 74400 | 0.5347 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 145 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 147 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 148 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 149 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 150 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 151 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 153 | Hofstra University | 36200 | 76900 | 0.5292 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 154 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 155 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37100 | 38500 | 0.0364 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 156 | California State University-Fresno | 37300 | 43800 | 0.1483 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 158 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 159 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 160 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 161 | LeTourneau University | 38500 | 54800 | 0.2977 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 162 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 163 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 164 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 53200 | 0.2651 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 166 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 167 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 167 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 167 | University of Denver | 39300 | 76900 | 0.4892 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 170 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 170 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 172 | Dominican University of California | 40100 | 69200 | 0.4204 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 174 | St. John Fisher University | 40700 | 62500 | 0.3488 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 175 | Champlain College | 41200 | 76000 | 0.4581 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41600 | 72400 | 0.4255 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 177 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 178 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 179 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3375 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 180 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 181 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 182 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 184 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 185 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 70000 | 0.236 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 186 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 187 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68600 | 70600 | 0.0283 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 190 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 76600 | 0.0744 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 191 | 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.