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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 3900 | 93100 | 0.9586 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Western Kentucky University | 10100 | 27500 | 0.6341 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 54600 | 0.7978 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11200 | 20500 | 0.4537 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 6 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30700 | 0.6295 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11800 | 26300 | 0.5515 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 29300 | 0.5905 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Central Connecticut State University | 12100 | 34200 | 0.6459 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 14 | University of Southern Maine | 12800 | 23000 | 0.443 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4201 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 13800 | 51700 | 0.7333 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6343 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5885 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14200 | 44000 | 0.6772 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 21 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 15200 | 81100 | 0.8124 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 22 | Lander University | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3814 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 22 | Ursuline College | 15200 | 83000 | 0.8171 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 26 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 90700 | 0.8291 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 26 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4568 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 29 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 31 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 32 | Indiana State University | 16000 | 32400 | 0.5064 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 36500 | 0.5428 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 16800 | 19400 | 0.134 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 35 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 38 | Tabor College | 17500 | 75500 | 0.7684 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17500 | 52300 | 0.6652 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2933 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 41 | Ohio Dominican University | 17900 | 77400 | 0.769 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 42 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 43 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 44 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18200 | 48900 | 0.6274 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 33900 | 0.4632 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 46 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 47 | Coker University | 18500 | 47800 | 0.6132 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 47 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18500 | 79300 | 0.7673 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 49 | McMurry University | 18700 | 71400 | 0.7385 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 18800 | 100600 | 0.8134 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Illinois College | 19500 | 55200 | 0.6471 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 52 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 54 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 56000 | 0.6498 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 56 | Regis University | 19700 | 67400 | 0.7077 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 57 | Cottey College | 19900 | 37300 | 0.4669 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 58 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20200 | 24400 | 0.1724 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 58 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 60 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 60 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6476 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 62 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 63 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 64 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 65 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | University of Mobile | 21300 | 46000 | 0.537 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 67 | St. Mary's University | 21400 | 82100 | 0.7396 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 68 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5536 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 69 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4746 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 71 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 71 | Rockford University | 22200 | 80500 | 0.7241 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 73 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 74 | Hastings College | 22400 | 53300 | 0.5795 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 75 | Manchester University | 22600 | 54100 | 0.582 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22700 | 52400 | 0.5669 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22800 | 89100 | 0.744 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 78 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 79 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 80 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5864 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 81 | University of St Thomas | 24500 | 51400 | 0.5234 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 83 | Le Moyne College | 25200 | 58200 | 0.5673 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 83 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 85 | Heidelberg University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4754 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 85 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 25700 | 56500 | 0.5455 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 88 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 78600 | 0.6704 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 90 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1818 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 92 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 93 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | Drury University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.51 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 94 | William Peace University | 26700 | 50200 | 0.4677 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 26900 | 63800 | 0.5783 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 97 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 98 | Delaware State University | 27300 | 62600 | 0.5638 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 98 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27300 | 37900 | 0.2788 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 100 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5523 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 100 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27500 | 71200 | 0.6142 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 102 | Florida Southern College | 27600 | 63200 | 0.5627 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 103 | Marquette University | 27700 | 63800 | 0.5659 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 104 | Flagler College | 27800 | 61900 | 0.5505 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 104 | North Central College | 27800 | 66700 | 0.5829 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28100 | 69700 | 0.5965 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 106 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 111 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 112 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29100 | 112100 | 0.7403 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 113 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 114 | California Lutheran University | 29300 | 71700 | 0.5915 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 115 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 116 | Baker University | 29800 | 54800 | 0.4571 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30100 | 54700 | 0.4495 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 118 | Randolph-Macon College | 30300 | 71600 | 0.5764 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 119 | Lebanon Valley College | 30600 | 72200 | 0.576 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 121 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 123 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 31300 | 38800 | 0.1935 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 124 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 124 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31500 | 51700 | 0.3911 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 126 | Villanova University | 31900 | 92900 | 0.6569 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 32100 | 61900 | 0.4817 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 128 | Assumption University | 32300 | 74400 | 0.5656 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 129 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 130 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 132 | Siena University | 33400 | 66300 | 0.4963 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 132 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 134 | Hamline University | 33500 | 70100 | 0.5219 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 137 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 139 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 35000 | 58800 | 0.4048 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | Emmanuel College | 35400 | 73700 | 0.5198 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 143 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35600 | 61100 | 0.4176 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 144 | St. John Fisher University | 36200 | 64800 | 0.4412 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 147 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36700 | 74600 | 0.5079 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 148 | University of West Georgia | 36900 | 47300 | 0.2197 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 149 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 152 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 154 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 155 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 156 | Concordia University Texas | 38900 | 45800 | 0.1508 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 156 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 158 | Arcadia University | 39000 | 71600 | 0.4551 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 39300 | 86400 | 0.5455 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 161 | Saint Michael's College | 39300 | 75800 | 0.4814 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 163 | Champlain College | 39600 | 105100 | 0.6233 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 163 | Saint Anselm College | 39600 | 77000 | 0.4858 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 39700 | 52200 | 0.2406 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 167 | Dominican University of California | 40200 | 69200 | 0.4186 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 167 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 169 | Butler University | 41500 | 68400 | 0.3936 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 58500 | 0.2716 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 171 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 172 | Union University | 43500 | 66000 | 0.3417 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 173 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 174 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 57300 | 0.2197 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 175 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 176 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 177 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 178 | Towson University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48500 | 68800 | 0.2951 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49600 | 64400 | 0.2298 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 183 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 184 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 185 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 186 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 187 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | Stonehill College | 68300 | 76100 | 0.1025 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 190 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 77700 | 0.0875 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 191 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.