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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 11600 | 93000 | 0.8754 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.507 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 7 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 9 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 11 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15700 | 19300 | 0.1865 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 14 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 15 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | Avila University | 17000 | 67600 | 0.7491 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 18 | Coker University | 17000 | 47800 | 0.6446 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17600 | 28400 | 0.3807 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 21 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 22 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18300 | 28800 | 0.3648 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 24 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 25 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 19000 | 36100 | 0.4734 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 28 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 29 | McPherson College | 19800 | 47600 | 0.5845 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 30 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 31 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 32 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 20100 | 37100 | 0.4577 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 34 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20300 | 33400 | 0.3927 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 35 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 27600 | 0.2611 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 35 | McMurry University | 20400 | 46600 | 0.5627 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 37 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 38 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 38 | Virginia Union University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3321 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 42 | William Penn University | 21200 | 47200 | 0.552 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 43 | Northern Arizona University | 21400 | 32000 | 0.3309 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 43 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 46 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 48 | University of California-Irvine | 21900 | 35300 | 0.38 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 49 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4115 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 49 | Tabor College | 22000 | 55600 | 0.604 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 51 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.663 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 51 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4681 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 53 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 55 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23000 | 32600 | 0.2946 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 56 | Carlow University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23400 | 35400 | 0.3385 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 58 | Ohio Dominican University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5529 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 60 | Hamline University | 24100 | 56500 | 0.573 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 60 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 24200 | 44500 | 0.4558 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 63 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 64 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 76300 | 0.6778 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 65 | Heidelberg University | 24700 | 48600 | 0.4918 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 65 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 67 | University of Lynchburg | 24800 | 54900 | 0.5483 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 68 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24900 | 62200 | 0.6001 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 71 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | Rosemont College | 25100 | 38100 | 0.3409 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 73 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 73 | St. Mary's University | 25400 | 55900 | 0.5458 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 76 | Old Dominion University | 25700 | 32100 | 0.1995 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 77 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 78 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 80 | Indiana State University | 26200 | 30900 | 0.1523 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 47100 | 0.4391 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 82 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4578 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 82 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 84 | Randolph-Macon College | 26700 | 69200 | 0.614 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26700 | 28800 | 0.072 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 86 | Saint Edward's University | 26800 | 71900 | 0.6269 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 87 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1092 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 87 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 90 | Flagler College | 27200 | 37800 | 0.2806 | 2,409 | 1100 | 0.8076 | |
| 90 | The University of Tampa | 27200 | 56900 | 0.5216 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 92 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 93 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 93 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 95 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6096 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 95 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2406 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 97 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5438 | 1,833 | 1153 | 0.7381 | |
| 97 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1431 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 100 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 101 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 102 | Assumption University | 28600 | 74400 | 0.616 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 106 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29200 | 38000 | 0.2318 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29700 | 37200 | 0.1998 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 110 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.4058 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 112 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 113 | Le Moyne College | 30100 | 53700 | 0.4396 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 114 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 114 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 116 | Albright College | 30600 | 48700 | 0.3717 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 116 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 118 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 119 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 122 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | University of West Georgia | 31400 | 36000 | 0.1279 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 125 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33000 | 40400 | 0.183 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 131 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33300 | 68400 | 0.5132 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 132 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Stockton University | 33800 | 44500 | 0.2406 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 135 | Emmanuel College | 33900 | 68300 | 0.5039 | 1,909 | 1260 | 0.7565 | |
| 136 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 136 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 138 | Western Kentucky University | 34200 | 41900 | 0.1839 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 139 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 139 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 34700 | 76800 | 0.5481 | 6,619 | 1349 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 34900 | 54600 | 0.3607 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 145 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 147 | University of Southern Maine | 36100 | 37100 | 0.0269 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0541 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 150 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | Concordia University Texas | 36900 | 43600 | 0.1537 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 153 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37400 | 44100 | 0.1519 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 154 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2603 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 158 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 159 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 161 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 162 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 163 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0858 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 165 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3445 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 166 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 52900 | 0.1909 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 168 | Butler University | 43300 | 64500 | 0.3286 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 169 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 170 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 171 | Marquette University | 45600 | 75100 | 0.3929 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 172 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 173 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 174 | University of St Thomas | 50100 | 70300 | 0.2875 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 181 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.