Recent Articles
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 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 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 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11300 | 25700 | 0.5596 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11500 | 20500 | 0.4396 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12400 | 19300 | 0.3575 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 12 | Western Kentucky University | 12800 | 27000 | 0.5253 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.54 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Virginia Union University | 14100 | 39400 | 0.6417 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 15 | University of St Thomas | 14500 | 50900 | 0.7154 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 16 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4821 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 17 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 31000 | 0.5125 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.554 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16100 | 28200 | 0.4285 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 24 | Arkansas State University | 16300 | 28100 | 0.4201 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 25 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4995 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 27 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17100 | 29800 | 0.4257 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 33 | Avila University | 17500 | 64100 | 0.7267 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 33 | University of Lynchburg | 17500 | 54900 | 0.6815 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 35 | Delaware State University | 17700 | 42200 | 0.58 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 37 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2931 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 37 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 39 | Texas Tech University | 18000 | 27100 | 0.3363 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 41 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.391 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 42 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 43 | The University of Montana | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2537 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 44 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18900 | 66500 | 0.7161 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19300 | 51900 | 0.6277 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Carlow University | 19400 | 57800 | 0.6645 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 47 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 47 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 62200 | 0.689 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 29000 | 0.3281 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 40800 | 0.5197 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 52 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 52 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19700 | 72100 | 0.7266 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 52 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1782 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 56 | Coker University | 19800 | 47800 | 0.586 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 56 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 60 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 60 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20800 | 70000 | 0.7027 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 62 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 63 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21000 | 48900 | 0.5702 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21100 | 35300 | 0.4019 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 65 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 66 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6726 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 67 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 69 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 70 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4746 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4111 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 73 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 74 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 74 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 76 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 77 | Hamline University | 22900 | 56500 | 0.5942 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 77 | Ohio Dominican University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23200 | 67400 | 0.6562 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23500 | 34800 | 0.3244 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 81 | Indiana State University | 23700 | 32400 | 0.2686 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 82 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 83 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 83 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 85 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 86 | Mary Baldwin University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4839 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 87 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 88 | Seattle Pacific University | 25400 | 70000 | 0.6371 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 88 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 90 | Hastings College | 25700 | 63000 | 0.5921 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 90 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 92 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25800 | 54900 | 0.5296 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 94 | University of Mobile | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4614 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 95 | Heidelberg University | 26100 | 48600 | 0.463 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5701 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 98 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 98 | St Bonaventure University | 26400 | 61200 | 0.5685 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 100 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 100 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 102 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 102 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 102 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26800 | 37200 | 0.2793 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 105 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 106 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 107 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 108 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5523 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 109 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27700 | 69300 | 0.6001 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 112 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 38300 | 0.2741 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 115 | Webster University | 28400 | 54700 | 0.481 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 116 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 28700 | 66000 | 0.5648 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 119 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 121 | Marquette University | 28800 | 63800 | 0.5487 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 122 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2176 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 122 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29100 | 56200 | 0.4817 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 124 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 125 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 125 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4149 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 127 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 128 | Dominican University of California | 29800 | 69200 | 0.5699 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 129 | University of West Georgia | 29900 | 46800 | 0.361 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 130 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 131 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 57300 | 0.4694 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 133 | Assumption University | 30600 | 74400 | 0.5884 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 133 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30600 | 77600 | 0.6055 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 135 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 136 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31000 | 68600 | 0.5481 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 136 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56400 | 0.45 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 138 | Lebanon Valley College | 31200 | 72400 | 0.5693 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 139 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 140 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 140 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 143 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 144 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 145 | University of Rhode Island | 32600 | 46400 | 0.2972 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 146 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 146 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 148 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 149 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 150 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 151 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 152 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1809 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 153 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 154 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 154 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 156 | Barry University | 34100 | 56400 | 0.3952 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 157 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 158 | California Lutheran University | 34900 | 70000 | 0.5016 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 158 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 161 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 162 | Siena College | 35700 | 65100 | 0.4517 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 162 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 162 | University of the Pacific | 35700 | 71500 | 0.501 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 165 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 166 | California State University-Fresno | 36500 | 43800 | 0.1668 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 167 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 168 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 169 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 170 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 171 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 172 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38400 | 46600 | 0.1759 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 173 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 174 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 175 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 176 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 178 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 178 | Saint Anselm College | 39900 | 73700 | 0.4585 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 180 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 181 | Butler University | 41300 | 67900 | 0.3919 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 182 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 183 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 184 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 184 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 186 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 45800 | 56300 | 0.1865 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 187 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 188 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 189 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 190 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 191 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 192 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 193 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 194 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | 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.