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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 3 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 7 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 13 | Northern Kentucky University | 14700 | 25900 | 0.4338 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4786 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 13 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 17 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 17 | University of St Thomas | 15100 | 50900 | 0.7036 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 23 | University of Southern Maine | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2866 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5429 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 28 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 31 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 31 | University of Lynchburg | 17700 | 54900 | 0.6778 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 31 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3312 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 35 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | Tabor College | 17900 | 54400 | 0.6713 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 37 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2773 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 39 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 40 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 41 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 42 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 43 | Carlow University | 19500 | 57800 | 0.6627 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 44 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 45 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 45 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 45 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | McMurry University | 19800 | 51900 | 0.618 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19800 | 62200 | 0.6825 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 29000 | 0.3177 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 53 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 54 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 55 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 58 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7012 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3906 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 60 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 62 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 63 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 65 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 65 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4632 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 67 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3982 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 67 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 70 | Ohio Dominican University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5849 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 71 | Hamline University | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5889 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 73 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 67400 | 0.6458 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 75 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 76 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 76 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 78 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 79 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 80 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 83 | Hastings College | 25900 | 63000 | 0.5889 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 83 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 83 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 86 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 26300 | 48600 | 0.4589 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 87 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4552 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 54900 | 0.5187 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 89 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 89 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 92 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 92 | Flagler College | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5652 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 92 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 95 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 96 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 96 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 98 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 98 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 100 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 101 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 102 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 103 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 105 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 106 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5439 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 107 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28400 | 69300 | 0.59 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 110 | Webster University | 28600 | 54700 | 0.4774 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 112 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 112 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4764 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 117 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.4059 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 118 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29900 | 59200 | 0.4959 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 119 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 120 | Assumption University | 30300 | 74400 | 0.5924 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 120 | Dominican University of California | 30300 | 69200 | 0.5624 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 120 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 124 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 126 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 52100 | 0.4049 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 127 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 128 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 129 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 129 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 131 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 131 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1897 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 133 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32000 | 45700 | 0.3 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 135 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 136 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 137 | Marquette University | 32400 | 66500 | 0.5127 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 137 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 139 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4267 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 140 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 142 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 142 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 142 | Lander University | 33500 | 37700 | 0.1115 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 145 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 145 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 147 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33700 | 40900 | 0.176 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 148 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 148 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 151 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 152 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 152 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 155 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 156 | University of the Pacific | 35600 | 71500 | 0.5024 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 157 | Siena College | 36100 | 65100 | 0.4456 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 158 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 159 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 160 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1577 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 161 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 162 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 163 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 166 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 167 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 168 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38900 | 46600 | 0.1652 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 174 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 175 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 177 | Butler University | 41100 | 67900 | 0.3949 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 180 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | The University of Montana | 44300 | 45000 | 0.0156 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 184 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46100 | 56300 | 0.1812 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 185 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 186 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 187 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 188 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 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 | |
| 194 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.