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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8200 | 36700 | 0.7773 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 8900 | 92900 | 0.9044 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.514 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | Pikes Peak State College | 11900 | 18700 | 0.3647 | 12,388 | 0 | 0.8643 | |
| 7 | Arapahoe Community College | 12200 | 25400 | 0.5188 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12200 | 18700 | 0.3479 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 9 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12700 | 51900 | 0.7557 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 31200 | 0.5871 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4732 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 17 | Framingham State University | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5389 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30700 | 0.5297 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4353 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14600 | 19300 | 0.2435 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14900 | 45100 | 0.669 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3969 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 25 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 28500 | 0.4734 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 27 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.5808 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 15400 | 67500 | 0.7718 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 29 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 31 | Coker University | 16400 | 47800 | 0.6572 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16400 | 42300 | 0.6121 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 34 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16700 | 76300 | 0.7814 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 31800 | 0.469 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 36 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17000 | 47600 | 0.6433 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 37 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17500 | 29500 | 0.4065 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 38 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3497 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 26800 | 0.3252 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 36500 | 0.5017 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 45 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 46 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18700 | 28200 | 0.3365 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 47 | Stockton University | 18800 | 32100 | 0.4141 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | Lee University | 18900 | 37400 | 0.495 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 50 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 25200 | 0.2378 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 51 | McMurry University | 19300 | 60400 | 0.6803 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 19500 | 24900 | 0.217 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 53 | Hastings College | 19600 | 71100 | 0.7243 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 54 | Niagara University | 19700 | 57400 | 0.6565 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 55 | Fort Lewis College | 19800 | 29200 | 0.3221 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 57 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 58 | Carlow University | 20100 | 68200 | 0.7053 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 59 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 42400 | 0.5185 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 62 | St. Mary's University | 20700 | 70300 | 0.7058 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 20700 | 56900 | 0.6357 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 65 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 66 | Ohio Dominican University | 21100 | 65800 | 0.6789 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 67 | Hamline University | 21200 | 56500 | 0.6243 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 67 | Virginia Union University | 21200 | 38800 | 0.4541 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 69 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 71 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 71 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 71 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.5999 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 74 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 75 | Cottey College | 22200 | 37300 | 0.4061 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 76 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 76 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6592 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 78 | Assumption University | 22500 | 91300 | 0.7533 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 79 | Upper Iowa University | 22600 | 41700 | 0.4584 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 80 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 81 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 82 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23300 | 68400 | 0.6594 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 83 | Saint Edward's University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7432 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 83 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 85 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 85 | Regis University | 23700 | 67200 | 0.6469 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 87 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 89 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24200 | 48900 | 0.5048 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 89 | Northern Arizona University | 24200 | 31200 | 0.2247 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 91 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 91 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 91 | University of Central Arkansas | 24300 | 29500 | 0.1763 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 94 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 94 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 24600 | 61100 | 0.5972 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 97 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 98 | Norwich University | 24800 | 88400 | 0.7197 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 99 | Heidelberg University | 24900 | 48600 | 0.4877 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 99 | Old Dominion University | 24900 | 36600 | 0.3193 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 101 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25000 | 80400 | 0.6889 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 102 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 103 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 103 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 105 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 67800 | 0.6078 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 106 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26600 | 79400 | 0.6652 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 109 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 111 | Capital University | 27400 | 80300 | 0.6589 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 111 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 113 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 115 | Randolph-Macon College | 28000 | 69200 | 0.595 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 116 | Marquette University | 28100 | 66200 | 0.5753 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 117 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5404 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 118 | Cedar Crest College | 28500 | 66000 | 0.5678 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 118 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 121 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 122 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 124 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4022 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 125 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 126 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 128 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 129 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 131 | McPherson College | 31100 | 53500 | 0.4188 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 132 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 133 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 134 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 134 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 137 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 32300 | 70300 | 0.5409 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 139 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 141 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 142 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 143 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 144 | Saint Anselm College | 34200 | 73700 | 0.5359 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 146 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 148 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 35000 | 76000 | 0.5392 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 150 | Lander University | 35300 | 37700 | 0.0637 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 151 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 152 | Fresno Pacific University | 36000 | 52200 | 0.3104 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 154 | Concordia University Texas | 37000 | 43600 | 0.1514 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 155 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 156 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 61400 | 0.3863 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 160 | California Lutheran University | 38600 | 72800 | 0.4699 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 161 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 162 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 162 | Butler University | 39300 | 68300 | 0.4243 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 164 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0091 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 165 | St. John Fisher University | 40500 | 62500 | 0.352 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 166 | Saint Joseph's University | 40700 | 92400 | 0.5594 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 168 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 169 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 170 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 171 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 61300 | 0.2199 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 173 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 174 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 180 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 181 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 182 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 183 | Gonzaga University | 75300 | 88600 | 0.1501 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 184 | The Catholic University of America | 79300 | 82500 | 0.0388 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.