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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 19600 | 0.4277 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11600 | 25700 | 0.548 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11600 | 20500 | 0.4321 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 28000 | 0.5568 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 19300 | 0.3472 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 25800 | 0.4582 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 14300 | 39400 | 0.6366 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 17 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4821 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 18 | University of St Thomas | 14700 | 50900 | 0.7115 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 19 | Lander University | 15100 | 24600 | 0.3854 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16200 | 28200 | 0.425 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 23 | University of Southern Maine | 16200 | 23000 | 0.2953 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | University of Lynchburg | 17500 | 54900 | 0.6809 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 30 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3425 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 32 | Avila University | 17600 | 64100 | 0.7252 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 36 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 37 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 42200 | 0.5563 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 38 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19000 | 68100 | 0.7212 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 39 | Carlow University | 19400 | 57800 | 0.6645 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 39 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 41 | Lee University | 19500 | 37400 | 0.4789 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 41 | McMurry University | 19500 | 51900 | 0.6238 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19500 | 62200 | 0.6869 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 45 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 45 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 45 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 48 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 51 | Coker University | 20000 | 47800 | 0.5818 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 52 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 52 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20800 | 70000 | 0.7022 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 54 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 55 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 56 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 56 | Lycoming College | 21800 | 65800 | 0.6694 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 58 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 59 | Niagara University | 22000 | 57400 | 0.6165 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 59 | Upper Iowa University | 22000 | 41700 | 0.4708 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 61 | Cottey College | 22100 | 37300 | 0.4068 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 62 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22800 | 35400 | 0.3541 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 64 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 64 | Ohio Dominican University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 66 | Hamline University | 23000 | 56500 | 0.5924 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 67 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 67400 | 0.6533 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23500 | 34800 | 0.3244 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 69 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 70 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3863 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 73 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 74 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 75 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 77 | Seattle Pacific University | 25600 | 70000 | 0.6343 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 80 | Hastings College | 25700 | 63000 | 0.5921 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 81 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 82 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 41800 | 0.3803 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 84 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26000 | 54900 | 0.526 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 85 | University of Mobile | 26100 | 48300 | 0.4593 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 86 | Heidelberg University | 26200 | 48600 | 0.461 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 87 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 88 | Flagler College | 26400 | 61200 | 0.5685 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 89 | Assumption University | 26500 | 73400 | 0.6389 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 89 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 89 | St Bonaventure University | 26500 | 61200 | 0.5669 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 92 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 93 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 94 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 96 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 97 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5495 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 99 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27900 | 69300 | 0.5972 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 99 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 102 | California State University-San Marcos | 28000 | 38300 | 0.2689 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 105 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 106 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29300 | 56200 | 0.4794 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 108 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 108 | Lasell University | 29400 | 47500 | 0.3811 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 110 | William Peace University | 29500 | 50200 | 0.4119 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 113 | Dominican University of California | 29900 | 69200 | 0.5674 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 114 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 114 | Emmanuel College | 30200 | 67600 | 0.5535 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 116 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 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 | |
| 123 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 124 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31800 | 45700 | 0.3044 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 125 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | Marquette University | 32200 | 66500 | 0.5158 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 127 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 129 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 129 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0624 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 131 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 132 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 132 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 134 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 135 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 137 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 138 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 139 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 34300 | 56400 | 0.3916 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 142 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 144 | 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 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 145 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 148 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.405 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 148 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 150 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 151 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 151 | University of the Pacific | 35700 | 71500 | 0.501 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 153 | Siena College | 35800 | 65100 | 0.4502 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.079 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 158 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 159 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 160 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 161 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38600 | 46600 | 0.1716 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 162 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 162 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 164 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 165 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 166 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 166 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 168 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 169 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 170 | Arkansas State University | 40600 | 41000 | 0.0098 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 41200 | 67900 | 0.3934 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 172 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 47700 | 0.1111 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 173 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53600 | 0.1998 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 174 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 175 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 176 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 177 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 177 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 179 | The University of Montana | 44500 | 45000 | 0.0111 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 180 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 45900 | 56300 | 0.1848 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 182 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 185 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 186 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 187 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56500 | 0.0124 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 69400 | 69500 | 0.0001 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 191 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 193 | 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.