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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 2 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 28000 | 0.5568 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 19300 | 0.3472 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | Virginia Union University | 14300 | 39400 | 0.6366 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 11 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4137 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 12 | University of St Thomas | 14700 | 50900 | 0.7115 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 29800 | 0.4995 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 16 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 17 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16200 | 28200 | 0.425 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 17 | University of Southern Maine | 16200 | 23000 | 0.2953 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5484 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 21 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 23 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 24 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17200 | 26900 | 0.3607 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Central Connecticut State University | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4906 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 27 | University of Lynchburg | 17500 | 54900 | 0.6815 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 17600 | 64100 | 0.7252 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 30 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 31 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.3326 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 33 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 42200 | 0.5563 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | The University of Montana | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2537 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 36 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19000 | 68100 | 0.7212 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 37 | Carlow University | 19400 | 57800 | 0.6645 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 37 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 39 | Lee University | 19500 | 37400 | 0.4789 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 39 | McMurry University | 19500 | 51900 | 0.6238 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 39 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19500 | 62200 | 0.6874 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 42 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 42 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 42 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1782 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 46 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 46 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Coker University | 20000 | 47800 | 0.5818 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 50 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20800 | 70000 | 0.7027 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 52 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 53 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 54 | Lycoming College | 21800 | 65800 | 0.6694 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 54 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 56 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 57 | Upper Iowa University | 22000 | 41700 | 0.4708 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 22100 | 37300 | 0.4068 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 59 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 60 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 60 | University of the District of Columbia | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 3,610 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | Ohio Dominican University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 63 | Hamline University | 23000 | 56500 | 0.5924 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 64 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 67400 | 0.6533 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23500 | 34800 | 0.3244 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 66 | Indiana State University | 23900 | 32400 | 0.2625 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 68 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 69 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 71 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 74 | Seattle Pacific University | 25600 | 70000 | 0.6343 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 75 | Hastings College | 25700 | 63000 | 0.5921 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 76 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 76 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26000 | 54900 | 0.526 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 80 | University of Mobile | 26100 | 48300 | 0.4593 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 81 | Heidelberg University | 26200 | 48600 | 0.461 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 82 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 83 | Flagler College | 26400 | 61200 | 0.5685 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 83 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 85 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 85 | St Bonaventure University | 26500 | 61200 | 0.5669 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 87 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26800 | 37200 | 0.2793 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 92 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 92 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 92 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 36500 | 0.2577 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 95 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 97 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 97 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5495 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27900 | 69300 | 0.5972 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 101 | The Catholic University of America | 28500 | 81200 | 0.6494 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 101 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 101 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 105 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 106 | Marquette University | 29000 | 63800 | 0.5456 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 107 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29200 | 56200 | 0.4799 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 31600 | 0.0664 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 109 | William Peace University | 29500 | 50200 | 0.4119 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 109 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 112 | Dominican University of California | 29900 | 69200 | 0.5674 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 113 | University of West Georgia | 30000 | 46800 | 0.3589 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 114 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 115 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 57300 | 0.4694 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 117 | Assumption University | 30500 | 74400 | 0.5898 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 118 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31200 | 68600 | 0.5452 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 121 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 122 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 122 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 124 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3855 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 126 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 126 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31800 | 45700 | 0.3044 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 128 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 129 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 130 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 46400 | 0.295 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 131 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 70300 | 0.5334 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 132 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 133 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 133 | Lander University | 33200 | 37700 | 0.1195 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 136 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 137 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 138 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 141 | Barry University | 34200 | 56400 | 0.3934 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 142 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 143 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 145 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 145 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 148 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 149 | University of the Pacific | 35700 | 71500 | 0.501 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 150 | Siena College | 35800 | 65100 | 0.4502 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 154 | California State University-Fresno | 36700 | 43800 | 0.1622 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 155 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 157 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 158 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 159 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 160 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38600 | 46600 | 0.1716 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 160 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 162 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 164 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 165 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 165 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 167 | Saint Anselm College | 39900 | 73700 | 0.4585 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 170 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 171 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 41200 | 67900 | 0.3934 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41700 | 53200 | 0.2162 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 174 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 47700 | 0.1111 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 175 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53600 | 0.2016 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 176 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 177 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 178 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 179 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 180 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 181 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 182 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 184 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 185 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 186 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 187 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 189 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56300 | 0.0089 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 193 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.