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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 | 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 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11500 | 20500 | 0.4396 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 25800 | 0.462 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.54 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Virginia Union University | 14100 | 39400 | 0.6417 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 12 | University of St Thomas | 14500 | 50900 | 0.7154 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 29800 | 0.4995 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 31000 | 0.5125 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 17 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16100 | 28200 | 0.4285 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 20 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 21 | Central Connecticut State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4995 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 22 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17100 | 29800 | 0.4257 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17300 | 21900 | 0.2103 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 26 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 17500 | 64100 | 0.7267 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | University of Lynchburg | 17500 | 54900 | 0.6809 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 30 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 32 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 33 | Framingham State University | 18500 | 31000 | 0.4034 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 33 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 35 | Delaware State University | 18600 | 42200 | 0.5587 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 36 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18900 | 66500 | 0.7161 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 37 | McMurry University | 19300 | 51900 | 0.6277 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 37 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 37 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 62200 | 0.6901 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 40 | Carlow University | 19400 | 57800 | 0.6645 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 40 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 42 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 40800 | 0.5197 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 43 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 43 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 43 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19700 | 72100 | 0.7266 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 46 | Coker University | 19800 | 47800 | 0.586 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 47 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 47 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 49 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20800 | 70000 | 0.7022 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 50 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 51 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21000 | 48900 | 0.5702 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 52 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21100 | 35300 | 0.4019 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 53 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6726 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 54 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 55 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 55 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4746 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 57 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4111 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 22000 | 57400 | 0.6165 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 59 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 59 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 59 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | Hamline University | 22900 | 56500 | 0.5942 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 62 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 62 | Ohio Dominican University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 65 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23200 | 67400 | 0.6562 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23500 | 34800 | 0.3244 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 67 | Indiana State University | 23700 | 32400 | 0.2686 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 69 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 72 | Mary Baldwin University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4839 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 73 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 74 | Seattle Pacific University | 25400 | 70000 | 0.6371 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 75 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4083 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 77 | Hastings College | 25700 | 63000 | 0.5921 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 77 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25800 | 54900 | 0.5296 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 79 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 81 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 82 | University of Mobile | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4614 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 83 | Heidelberg University | 26100 | 48600 | 0.463 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 84 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5701 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 84 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 86 | St Bonaventure University | 26400 | 61200 | 0.5685 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 87 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 88 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 88 | Kansas State University | 26700 | 30400 | 0.1218 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 90 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2758 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 92 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 93 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 94 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 95 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5523 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 97 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27700 | 69300 | 0.6001 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 99 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 38300 | 0.2741 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 100 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 102 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | Webster University | 28400 | 54700 | 0.481 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 105 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 107 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 108 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29100 | 56200 | 0.4829 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 111 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4149 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 112 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 114 | Dominican University of California | 29800 | 69200 | 0.5699 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 115 | University of West Georgia | 29900 | 46800 | 0.361 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 116 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 117 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 119 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30600 | 77600 | 0.6055 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 120 | Assumption University | 30700 | 74400 | 0.5871 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 122 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31000 | 68600 | 0.5481 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 122 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56600 | 0.4522 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 124 | Lebanon Valley College | 31200 | 72400 | 0.5693 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 125 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41200 | 0.2406 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 126 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 127 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 127 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.383 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 130 | Marquette University | 32000 | 66500 | 0.5188 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 132 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 132 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0624 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 134 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 135 | University of Rhode Island | 32600 | 46400 | 0.2972 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 136 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 138 | Lander University | 33000 | 37700 | 0.1248 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 139 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 141 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 142 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 142 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1809 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 144 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 145 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 34100 | 56400 | 0.3952 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 149 | California Lutheran University | 34900 | 70000 | 0.5016 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 151 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 152 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 153 | Siena College | 35700 | 65100 | 0.4517 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 153 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 153 | University of the Pacific | 35700 | 71500 | 0.501 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 157 | California State University-Fresno | 36500 | 43800 | 0.1668 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.079 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 159 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 160 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 162 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 162 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 164 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38400 | 46600 | 0.1759 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 166 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 166 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 168 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40100 | 53600 | 0.252 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 175 | Arkansas State University | 40600 | 41000 | 0.0098 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 176 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2777 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 177 | Butler University | 41300 | 67900 | 0.3919 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 180 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 182 | The University of Montana | 44500 | 45000 | 0.0111 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 183 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 45800 | 56300 | 0.1865 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 187 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 188 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 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 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 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.