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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4400 | 93100 | 0.9532 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Western Kentucky University | 10200 | 27500 | 0.6299 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 32800 | 0.6703 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | University of the District of Columbia | 11100 | 27500 | 0.5972 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 54600 | 0.7941 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30700 | 0.6295 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11900 | 26300 | 0.5477 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13200 | 38300 | 0.6547 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 13 | Virginia Union University | 14000 | 51700 | 0.7294 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5855 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6291 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 16 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14300 | 44000 | 0.6749 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 15300 | 81100 | 0.8112 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 20 | University of West Georgia | 15300 | 24600 | 0.3784 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 20 | Ursuline College | 15300 | 83000 | 0.8159 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15700 | 90700 | 0.8269 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 25 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 26 | Indiana State University | 16200 | 32400 | 0.5002 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 27 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 30 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 36500 | 0.5373 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17000 | 19400 | 0.1237 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 33 | Tabor College | 17600 | 75500 | 0.7671 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17600 | 52300 | 0.6633 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 35 | Ohio Dominican University | 17900 | 77400 | 0.769 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 36 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 36 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 25200 | 0.2853 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 38 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 39 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 40 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18500 | 48900 | 0.6212 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18600 | 79300 | 0.7661 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Coker University | 18700 | 47800 | 0.6091 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 42 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 62600 | 0.7012 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 18900 | 71400 | 0.7357 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 30600 | 0.3691 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 19500 | 55200 | 0.6471 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 48 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.6343 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 50 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 47400 | 0.5824 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 53 | Regis University | 19900 | 67400 | 0.7047 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 54 | Cottey College | 20100 | 37300 | 0.462 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 55 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20200 | 24400 | 0.1724 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 56 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 56 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6476 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 59 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 60 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21300 | 41600 | 0.488 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 62 | St. Mary's University | 21400 | 82100 | 0.7396 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 21400 | 46000 | 0.5349 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 65 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5536 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 66 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 67 | Upper Iowa University | 22000 | 41700 | 0.4708 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 68 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 69 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 69 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 71 | Hastings College | 22500 | 53300 | 0.5776 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 72 | Manchester University | 22600 | 54100 | 0.582 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22700 | 52400 | 0.5669 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 74 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 75 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23100 | 89100 | 0.7406 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 76 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4927 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 78 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5864 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 79 | University of St Thomas | 24500 | 51400 | 0.5234 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 81 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 82 | Le Moyne College | 25300 | 58200 | 0.5656 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 83 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 84 | Heidelberg University | 25600 | 48600 | 0.4733 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 85 | Lakeland University | 25700 | 56500 | 0.5455 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 86 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 87 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26100 | 78600 | 0.6678 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 88 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 88 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 90 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 91 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 92 | Drury University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.51 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 92 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 94 | William Peace University | 26900 | 50200 | 0.4644 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27000 | 63800 | 0.5767 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 96 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27300 | 37900 | 0.2788 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27500 | 71200 | 0.6142 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 98 | Florida Southern College | 27600 | 63200 | 0.5627 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 99 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5496 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 100 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0856 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 100 | North Central College | 27800 | 66700 | 0.5829 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 28000 | 61900 | 0.5472 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 103 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28300 | 69700 | 0.5936 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 104 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 107 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 108 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 109 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29200 | 112100 | 0.7394 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 109 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 29300 | 38600 | 0.2411 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29400 | 71700 | 0.5901 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Baker University | 29800 | 54800 | 0.4571 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 113 | The Catholic University of America | 29800 | 81200 | 0.6334 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 | |
| 115 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30100 | 54700 | 0.4495 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 117 | Randolph-Macon College | 30400 | 71600 | 0.575 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 118 | Lebanon Valley College | 30700 | 72200 | 0.5746 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 120 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 120 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 122 | Marquette University | 31300 | 75900 | 0.5875 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 123 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 123 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31500 | 51700 | 0.3911 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 125 | Villanova University | 32000 | 92900 | 0.6558 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 32200 | 61900 | 0.4793 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 127 | Assumption University | 32300 | 74400 | 0.5656 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 128 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 129 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 130 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 132 | Hamline University | 33500 | 70100 | 0.5219 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 133 | Siena University | 33600 | 66300 | 0.4932 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 136 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 137 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 138 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 35400 | 73700 | 0.5198 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 142 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35600 | 61100 | 0.4176 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 143 | St. John Fisher University | 36200 | 64800 | 0.4412 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 145 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36800 | 74600 | 0.5065 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 146 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37100 | 50400 | 0.2636 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37100 | 40700 | 0.0876 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 148 | Lander University | 37400 | 37700 | 0.008 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 149 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 149 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 151 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 153 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 154 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 155 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 156 | Concordia University Texas | 38900 | 45800 | 0.1508 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 157 | Arcadia University | 39000 | 71600 | 0.4551 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 159 | Saint Michael's College | 39200 | 75800 | 0.4827 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 159 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 161 | Champlain College | 39500 | 105100 | 0.6243 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 163 | Saint Anselm College | 39600 | 77000 | 0.4858 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 39700 | 52200 | 0.2406 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 166 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 167 | Dominican University of California | 40400 | 69200 | 0.4168 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 168 | Butler University | 41500 | 68400 | 0.3936 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 169 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 169 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 169 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 172 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 173 | Union University | 43500 | 66000 | 0.3417 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 174 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 175 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 176 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 177 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 179 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48500 | 68800 | 0.2951 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83300 | 0.2918 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68300 | 76100 | 0.1025 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 77700 | 0.0875 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.