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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 | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Southern Maine | 11200 | 23000 | 0.5125 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 51900 | 0.773 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 45900 | 0.7371 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 9 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 28000 | 0.4997 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14300 | 19300 | 0.2591 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14600 | 24900 | 0.413 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 38300 | 0.616 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30700 | 0.5197 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14700 | 26700 | 0.4502 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14900 | 26400 | 0.4342 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 15000 | 67500 | 0.7777 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Framingham State University | 15400 | 31000 | 0.5035 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 24 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16000 | 86700 | 0.8157 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 25 | Coker University | 16100 | 47800 | 0.6635 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 26 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16200 | 42300 | 0.6168 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 27 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 32000 | 0.4826 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 29 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 30 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16700 | 47600 | 0.6497 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 31 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5244 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 32 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17200 | 29500 | 0.4167 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 26800 | 0.3364 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 44300 | 0.5976 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 36500 | 0.5099 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 37 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 18100 | 88900 | 0.7966 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 39 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3506 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 39 | Lee University | 18300 | 37400 | 0.511 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 41 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 42 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 43 | McMurry University | 18900 | 60400 | 0.6869 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 25200 | 0.2497 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 45 | University of West Georgia | 19200 | 24900 | 0.229 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 46 | Hastings College | 19300 | 71100 | 0.7285 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 47 | Carlow University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.755 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 47 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19400 | 35400 | 0.4503 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 50 | Texas Tech University | 19500 | 27900 | 0.3014 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 51 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 52 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 71400 | 0.7175 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | Ohio Dominican University | 20300 | 65800 | 0.691 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 54 | St. Mary's University | 20300 | 70300 | 0.7115 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 54 | University of Mobile | 20300 | 56900 | 0.6427 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 26600 | 0.2217 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 59 | Hamline University | 21200 | 56500 | 0.6243 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 59 | Virginia Union University | 21200 | 38800 | 0.4541 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 61 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 62 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21400 | 42400 | 0.4949 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 62 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 64 | Rockford University | 21700 | 68200 | 0.6822 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 65 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5529 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 65 | Lycoming College | 21800 | 65800 | 0.6692 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 65 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 65 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 69 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 22100 | 41700 | 0.4705 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 71 | Cottey College | 22200 | 37300 | 0.4065 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 72 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22500 | 78600 | 0.7141 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 74 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 75 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22800 | 68400 | 0.6668 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 76 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 77 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 78 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23700 | 48900 | 0.515 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 79 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 80 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 80 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4486 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 82 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 83 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 83 | Heidelberg University | 24400 | 48600 | 0.498 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 83 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 83 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 87 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 87 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 80400 | 0.6951 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 89 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 90 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 91 | Assumption University | 25300 | 91300 | 0.7227 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 92 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 93 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 94 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 94 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26000 | 61100 | 0.5743 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26000 | 61400 | 0.5758 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 96 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 77000 | 0.6627 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26100 | 67800 | 0.6152 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26200 | 79400 | 0.6702 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 101 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 102 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 103 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2754 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 104 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 105 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 27500 | 66200 | 0.5843 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 110 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 111 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5493 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6102 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 116 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 120 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 121 | William Peace University | 29600 | 50200 | 0.4117 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 121 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 123 | Dominican University of California | 29900 | 69200 | 0.5672 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 124 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 126 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 128 | University of St Thomas | 31100 | 70300 | 0.5579 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 129 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 130 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 131 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 133 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 135 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 138 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 139 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 140 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 67200 | 0.4998 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 143 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 34600 | 77000 | 0.5505 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 144 | Lasell University | 34600 | 47500 | 0.2716 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 144 | Siena College | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4686 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 34700 | 56400 | 0.3845 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 148 | Lander University | 35000 | 37700 | 0.0717 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 150 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 151 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 154 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 154 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 71500 | 0.4898 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 156 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 158 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 159 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37600 | 61600 | 0.3893 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 160 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 161 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 163 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 165 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40100 | 92400 | 0.5659 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 169 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 170 | Butler University | 41100 | 68300 | 0.398 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 171 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 172 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 173 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 47700 | 0.1111 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 174 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 175 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 53700 | 0.1973 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 176 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 179 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.225 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 180 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 182 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 187 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 69400 | 69500 | 0.0001 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 191 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 75500 | 77800 | 0.0296 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.