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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 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5137 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11400 | 51900 | 0.7807 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 12000 | 31200 | 0.616 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 45900 | 0.7349 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12200 | 18700 | 0.3479 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5139 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 13700 | 30700 | 0.5533 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14000 | 24300 | 0.4232 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14400 | 37900 | 0.6196 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 20 | Northern Arizona University | 14400 | 25400 | 0.4332 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Avila University | 14700 | 67500 | 0.7822 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 38300 | 0.6082 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 24 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 26 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 76300 | 0.7971 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 27 | Delaware State University | 15800 | 46500 | 0.6603 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 28 | Coker University | 15900 | 47800 | 0.6677 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 31800 | 0.4879 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16400 | 47600 | 0.656 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 32 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 33 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 33 | Cleveland State University | 16800 | 30900 | 0.4558 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 35 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 16900 | 29500 | 0.4269 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17100 | 44000 | 0.6119 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 37 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 46400 | 0.6223 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 37 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3538 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | Stockton University | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4484 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 18000 | 37400 | 0.519 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3463 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 46 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 47 | McMurry University | 18500 | 60400 | 0.6935 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 48 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 48 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 50 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 51 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 52 | Hastings College | 19100 | 71100 | 0.7313 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 24900 | 0.2331 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19500 | 51200 | 0.6191 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 55 | Carlow University | 19600 | 68200 | 0.7126 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 56 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 56 | Niagara University | 19700 | 57400 | 0.6565 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 58 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 59 | University of Mobile | 20000 | 56900 | 0.648 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 60 | St. Mary's University | 20100 | 70300 | 0.7143 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 61 | Hamline University | 20500 | 56500 | 0.6366 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 62 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20700 | 53000 | 0.61 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 62 | Virginia Union University | 20700 | 38800 | 0.467 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 65 | Ohio Dominican University | 20900 | 65800 | 0.6819 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 66 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 67 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6754 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 68 | Azusa Pacific University | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6589 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 69 | Rockford University | 21600 | 68200 | 0.6837 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 70 | Tabor College | 21700 | 65000 | 0.6665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.478 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 72 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 73 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 73 | University of Lynchburg | 22000 | 54900 | 0.5981 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 75 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 76 | Assumption University | 22500 | 91300 | 0.7533 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 77 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22600 | 68400 | 0.6697 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 78 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 79 | Saint Edward's University | 23100 | 91800 | 0.7487 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 80 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23400 | 48900 | 0.5211 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 80 | Regis University | 23400 | 67200 | 0.6514 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 82 | Albright College | 23600 | 49300 | 0.5212 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 82 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 84 | Flagler College | 23700 | 61100 | 0.6119 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 85 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 86 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 86 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24000 | 80400 | 0.7014 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 88 | Heidelberg University | 24100 | 48600 | 0.5042 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 89 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 89 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 91 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 92 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 93 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 94 | University of St Thomas | 25000 | 50900 | 0.509 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 95 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 95 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 97 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25800 | 67800 | 0.6196 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79400 | 0.674 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 98 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 98 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 101 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26800 | 36700 | 0.2699 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 103 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 104 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 104 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 106 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 107 | Marquette University | 27200 | 66200 | 0.5888 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 108 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 47400 | 0.4243 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 108 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 110 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | Randolph-Macon College | 28000 | 69200 | 0.595 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 112 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 115 | Cedar Crest College | 28300 | 66000 | 0.5708 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 118 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2493 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 119 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 120 | William Peace University | 29300 | 50200 | 0.4175 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 121 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 122 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 123 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 124 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 126 | McPherson College | 30500 | 53500 | 0.43 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 126 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 128 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.413 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 130 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 130 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 132 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 132 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 134 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 135 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 136 | University of St Thomas | 32100 | 70300 | 0.5437 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 137 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 138 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 142 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 34500 | 63200 | 0.4535 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 147 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 147 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Texas | 36000 | 43600 | 0.1744 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5244 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 152 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37100 | 79300 | 0.5317 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 153 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 154 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37500 | 61400 | 0.3895 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 154 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 157 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 158 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 159 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 160 | Butler University | 39600 | 68300 | 0.4199 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 161 | Saint Joseph's University | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 162 | St. John Fisher University | 40800 | 62500 | 0.3472 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 163 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 165 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 166 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 53400 | 0.2079 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 167 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 47700 | 0.109 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 168 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 169 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 170 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 61300 | 0.2309 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 171 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 172 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | California Lutheran University | 54100 | 70000 | 0.2274 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 66800 | 0.1408 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 75600 | 88600 | 0.1468 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.