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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 | 7400 | 92900 | 0.9206 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5145 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | University of Southern Maine | 11100 | 23000 | 0.5168 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11600 | 51900 | 0.7769 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 31200 | 0.6128 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3768 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30700 | 0.5486 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13900 | 28000 | 0.5032 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14300 | 19300 | 0.2591 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 16 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14500 | 24900 | 0.417 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 16 | Northern Arizona University | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4282 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 14800 | 67500 | 0.7807 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 23 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15700 | 76300 | 0.7945 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 24 | Delaware State University | 15900 | 46500 | 0.6582 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 25 | Coker University | 16000 | 47800 | 0.6656 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 26 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 31800 | 0.4848 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16600 | 47600 | 0.6518 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5056 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 31 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 32 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17000 | 29500 | 0.4235 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 33 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17100 | 44000 | 0.6119 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 46400 | 0.6202 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 39 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5637 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 39 | Stockton University | 18000 | 32100 | 0.439 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 41 | Lee University | 18100 | 37400 | 0.5164 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 42 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18200 | 28200 | 0.3542 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 44 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 18700 | 60400 | 0.6902 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 24900 | 0.2331 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 48 | Hastings College | 19200 | 71100 | 0.7299 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 49 | Carlow University | 19700 | 68200 | 0.7111 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 49 | Niagara University | 19700 | 57400 | 0.6565 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19700 | 51200 | 0.6152 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 49 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 53 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 54 | University of Mobile | 20100 | 56900 | 0.6462 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 55 | St. Mary's University | 20200 | 70300 | 0.7129 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 56 | Hamline University | 20600 | 56500 | 0.6349 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 57 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 58 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 38800 | 0.4644 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20900 | 53000 | 0.6062 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 60 | Ohio Dominican University | 21000 | 65800 | 0.6804 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 61 | Cottey College | 21500 | 37300 | 0.4246 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 62 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6722 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 63 | Rockford University | 21700 | 68200 | 0.6822 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 64 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 64 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 67 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.5999 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 67 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4742 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 69 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 70 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | Assumption University | 22500 | 91300 | 0.7533 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 72 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22700 | 68400 | 0.6682 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 73 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 74 | Saint Edward's University | 23200 | 91800 | 0.7476 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 76 | Regis University | 23400 | 67200 | 0.6514 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 77 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23600 | 48900 | 0.517 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 77 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 79 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 79 | Old Dominion University | 23700 | 36600 | 0.352 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 81 | Flagler College | 23900 | 61100 | 0.6087 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 81 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 85 | Heidelberg University | 24200 | 48600 | 0.5021 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 86 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 86 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24300 | 80400 | 0.6976 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 86 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 89 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 89 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 91 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 92 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 93 | University of St Thomas | 25000 | 50900 | 0.509 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 94 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 94 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 67800 | 0.6181 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 96 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 96 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 99 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26100 | 79400 | 0.6715 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 100 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 26700 | 37300 | 0.2843 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 102 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27000 | 36700 | 0.2624 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 104 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 106 | Capital University | 27100 | 80300 | 0.6626 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 106 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 108 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 27400 | 66200 | 0.5858 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.552 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | Randolph-Macon College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5936 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 28400 | 66000 | 0.5693 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 117 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 120 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.2467 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 121 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 121 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 123 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4146 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 124 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 125 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 126 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 127 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 128 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 129 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 130 | McPherson College | 30600 | 53500 | 0.4281 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 131 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 131 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 133 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 133 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 133 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 136 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 138 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 139 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 140 | University of St Thomas | 32100 | 70300 | 0.5437 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 141 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 142 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 143 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 144 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 146 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 34500 | 77000 | 0.5518 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 34600 | 56400 | 0.3863 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 148 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 150 | Fort Lewis College | 34900 | 41400 | 0.1571 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 151 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 152 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 153 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 155 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 156 | Concordia University Texas | 36500 | 43600 | 0.1629 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 61400 | 0.3879 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 159 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 160 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 161 | California Lutheran University | 38800 | 72800 | 0.4672 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 164 | Butler University | 39500 | 68300 | 0.4214 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 166 | Saint Joseph's University | 40500 | 92400 | 0.5616 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 168 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 169 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 53400 | 0.2041 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 171 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 53700 | 0.2029 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 172 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 173 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 75600 | 88600 | 0.1468 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.