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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 Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5121 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | Pikes Peak State College | 11800 | 18700 | 0.37 | 12,388 | 0 | 0.8643 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 31300 | 0.5372 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5016 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3969 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 13 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 14 | University of Southern Maine | 15600 | 23000 | 0.3214 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 15 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 18 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 19 | Avila University | 17100 | 67600 | 0.7476 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 19 | Coker University | 17100 | 47800 | 0.6425 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17600 | 28400 | 0.3807 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17900 | 28800 | 0.3787 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 23 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4765 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 19300 | 31000 | 0.3775 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 27600 | 0.2684 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 27 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 29 | Lee University | 20300 | 37100 | 0.4523 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 30 | McMurry University | 20500 | 46600 | 0.5606 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 31 | Arapahoe Community College | 20700 | 34000 | 0.3906 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 33 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 20900 | 28800 | 0.2745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 35 | Niagara University | 21000 | 57400 | 0.6339 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21300 | 25300 | 0.1583 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 37 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 38 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.554 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 41 | Cottey College | 22100 | 37300 | 0.4068 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 43 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6597 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 44 | Upper Iowa University | 22500 | 41700 | 0.459 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | Manchester University | 23100 | 54200 | 0.574 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23100 | 32600 | 0.2915 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 46 | University of California-Irvine | 23100 | 35300 | 0.346 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23200 | 35400 | 0.3442 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 23300 | 58100 | 0.5994 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 51 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 23700 | 29800 | 0.2047 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 52 | Ohio Dominican University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5529 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 53 | University of Lynchburg | 24100 | 54900 | 0.5612 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 53 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 55 | Hamline University | 24200 | 56500 | 0.5712 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 56 | University of Mobile | 24300 | 44500 | 0.4535 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 57 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2911 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 57 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 59 | Maryville College | 24700 | 58400 | 0.5782 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 60 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24800 | 65700 | 0.6226 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 61 | Heidelberg University | 24900 | 48600 | 0.4877 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 62 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 62 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25000 | 62200 | 0.5985 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 62 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 62 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 62 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 62 | University of Saint Mary | 25000 | 51800 | 0.5172 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 68 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 68 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 70 | Flagler College | 25400 | 37800 | 0.3283 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 70 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 70 | Rosemont College | 25400 | 38100 | 0.3333 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 73 | St. Mary's University | 25500 | 55900 | 0.544 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 75 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 75 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 78 | Otterbein University | 26100 | 66500 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 79 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 47100 | 0.4349 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 80 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26600 | 48900 | 0.4557 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 82 | Saint Edward's University | 26900 | 71900 | 0.6255 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 84 | Webster University | 27200 | 54300 | 0.4987 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 85 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 86 | Capital University | 27400 | 68600 | 0.6007 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 86 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 86 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3303 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 89 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 90 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 28500 | 0.0281 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 91 | McPherson College | 27900 | 47600 | 0.4142 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 91 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27900 | 71200 | 0.6078 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 91 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 94 | Cleveland State University | 28100 | 37300 | 0.2468 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28100 | 36700 | 0.2327 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 94 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5408 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 99 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28300 | 32800 | 0.137 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 99 | University of Northern Iowa | 28300 | 36200 | 0.218 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 102 | Assumption University | 28700 | 74400 | 0.6146 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 104 | Regis University | 28900 | 67200 | 0.5696 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 107 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29700 | 36500 | 0.1864 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 108 | William Penn University | 29800 | 47200 | 0.3681 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29900 | 37200 | 0.1947 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 110 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 110 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4026 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 113 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 113 | Le Moyne College | 30300 | 53700 | 0.4359 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 115 | Baker University | 30500 | 54800 | 0.4447 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 118 | Azusa Pacific University | 31100 | 66000 | 0.529 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 118 | Fort Lewis College | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 120 | University of West Georgia | 31400 | 36000 | 0.1279 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 122 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 122 | Florida Southern College | 31500 | 63200 | 0.5013 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 122 | University of Denver | 31500 | 75900 | 0.5849 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 125 | University of Rhode Island | 31700 | 46700 | 0.3212 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 126 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 127 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 129 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 131 | Emmanuel College | 32300 | 68300 | 0.5273 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 132 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4267 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 133 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33100 | 40400 | 0.1805 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 136 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33900 | 46200 | 0.2664 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 138 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 140 | St. John Fisher University | 34500 | 63700 | 0.4585 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 142 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 146 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 147 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 148 | Fresno Pacific University | 36300 | 52200 | 0.3042 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Texas | 36800 | 43600 | 0.156 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 154 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37400 | 44100 | 0.1519 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2605 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 157 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 39200 | 74900 | 0.4763 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 160 | Arcadia University | 39700 | 71600 | 0.4456 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 162 | Saint Anselm College | 40400 | 73700 | 0.4518 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 163 | Marquette University | 41300 | 75100 | 0.4502 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 166 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 52400 | 0.1964 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 167 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 168 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 169 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 170 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 43400 | 64500 | 0.327 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 172 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 172 | University of Florida | 43700 | 45600 | 0.0416 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 174 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 175 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 176 | University of St Thomas | 50000 | 70300 | 0.289 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 177 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 181 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 182 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 183 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 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.