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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 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 9000 | 36700 | 0.7555 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5123 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.5084 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 12 | University of Florida | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2826 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 12 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 14 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 15 | Avila University | 17000 | 67600 | 0.7491 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 15 | Coker University | 17000 | 47800 | 0.6446 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 17 | Central Connecticut State University | 17900 | 34000 | 0.4733 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 18 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 19 | St Bonaventure University | 18600 | 61000 | 0.6947 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 19 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 21 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.4792 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 24 | McPherson College | 19800 | 47600 | 0.5845 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 25 | University of West Georgia | 19900 | 23600 | 0.1565 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 26 | Lee University | 20100 | 37100 | 0.4577 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 26 | University of Northern Iowa | 20100 | 24000 | 0.1618 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 28 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 29 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 30 | McMurry University | 20400 | 46600 | 0.5627 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 31 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 31 | Virginia Union University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3321 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 34 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21200 | 25300 | 0.1622 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 37 | William Penn University | 21300 | 47200 | 0.548 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 21600 | 24400 | 0.1148 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 39 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.554 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 41 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 42 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4118 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 43 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 43 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4681 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 45 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22300 | 33900 | 0.342 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 47 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23000 | 32600 | 0.2946 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 48 | Manchester University | 23100 | 54200 | 0.574 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | Carlow University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 50 | The University of Alabama | 23700 | 29900 | 0.2077 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 51 | Ohio Dominican University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.5548 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 52 | University of Lynchburg | 24000 | 54900 | 0.563 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 53 | Hamline University | 24100 | 56500 | 0.573 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 53 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 55 | University of Mobile | 24200 | 44500 | 0.4558 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 56 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 65700 | 0.6256 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 57 | Heidelberg University | 24700 | 48600 | 0.4918 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 57 | Maryville College | 24700 | 58400 | 0.5782 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 59 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24900 | 62200 | 0.6001 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 60 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 60 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 60 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 60 | University of Saint Mary | 25000 | 51800 | 0.5172 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 64 | Rosemont College | 25100 | 38100 | 0.3414 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 66 | Flagler College | 25200 | 37800 | 0.3336 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 67 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 68 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 68 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 68 | St. Mary's University | 25400 | 55900 | 0.5458 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 71 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 71 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 71 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 74 | Otterbein University | 26100 | 66500 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 75 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 47100 | 0.4391 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 75 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26400 | 48900 | 0.4598 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 77 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 78 | Saint Edward's University | 26800 | 71900 | 0.6269 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26900 | 28800 | 0.0654 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 80 | Indiana State University | 27100 | 30900 | 0.1231 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 83 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 30400 | 0.103 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 85 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2764 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 85 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3303 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 88 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2412 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 90 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27900 | 71200 | 0.6078 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 90 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 92 | Cleveland State University | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2495 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1431 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 94 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 96 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 98 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 99 | Assumption University | 28500 | 74400 | 0.6173 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 101 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 106 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 107 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29300 | 38000 | 0.2292 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 107 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29600 | 36500 | 0.1892 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 111 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.406 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 112 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 112 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 114 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 114 | Lander University | 30300 | 37000 | 0.1812 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 116 | Le Moyne College | 30400 | 53700 | 0.434 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 117 | Baker University | 30500 | 54800 | 0.4447 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 120 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 121 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 124 | Florida Southern College | 31500 | 63200 | 0.5013 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 125 | Albright College | 32000 | 48700 | 0.343 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 125 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32100 | 39200 | 0.1796 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 128 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68400 | 0.5289 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Emmanuel College | 32400 | 68300 | 0.5259 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 131 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 133 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33000 | 40400 | 0.183 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 133 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 33000 | 59200 | 0.4428 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 136 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33600 | 46200 | 0.2729 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 138 | Stockton University | 33800 | 44500 | 0.2406 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 144 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Saint Anselm College | 34900 | 73700 | 0.5265 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 147 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 148 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 148 | University of Southern Maine | 36100 | 37100 | 0.0269 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 150 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 151 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Texas | 36700 | 43600 | 0.1583 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 156 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37400 | 44100 | 0.1519 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37800 | 51000 | 0.2585 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 159 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 48900 | 0.2004 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 39200 | 74900 | 0.4763 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39700 | 71600 | 0.4456 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 40300 | 52200 | 0.2276 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 165 | Marquette University | 41300 | 75100 | 0.4502 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 168 | Old Dominion University | 42200 | 52400 | 0.1945 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 168 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 170 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 171 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 173 | Butler University | 43300 | 64500 | 0.3286 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47300 | 58800 | 0.1956 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 50100 | 70300 | 0.2875 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 55100 | 64800 | 0.1496 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 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 | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.