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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 Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5127 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 11200 | 93000 | 0.8797 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13200 | 37100 | 0.6437 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 6 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 29300 | 0.5216 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 14200 | 25900 | 0.4525 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14500 | 24900 | 0.417 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 15200 | 24700 | 0.3853 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15700 | 19300 | 0.1865 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 17 | University of St Thomas | 15800 | 50900 | 0.6899 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 18 | Avila University | 16600 | 67600 | 0.755 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 19 | Coker University | 16700 | 47800 | 0.6509 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 20 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 22 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3832 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 18500 | 36100 | 0.4873 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 26 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 27 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 28 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 29 | Lee University | 19500 | 37100 | 0.4738 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 29 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 31 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 32 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 32 | McMurry University | 20000 | 46600 | 0.5713 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 27600 | 0.2611 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 34 | Virginia Union University | 20400 | 31000 | 0.3418 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 20500 | 57400 | 0.6426 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 37 | Lebanon Valley College | 20800 | 71600 | 0.7097 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 38 | Northern Arizona University | 21000 | 32000 | 0.3431 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 40 | Cottey College | 21500 | 37300 | 0.4248 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 40 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6724 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 44 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 45 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21900 | 33900 | 0.3538 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 21900 | 35300 | 0.38 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 45 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4744 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 48 | Tabor College | 22000 | 55600 | 0.604 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 49 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43300 | 0.4847 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 50 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 22600 | 32600 | 0.3069 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 52 | Carlow University | 22900 | 58100 | 0.6063 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 52 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 55 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 29900 | 0.2211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23400 | 35400 | 0.3385 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 23500 | 23800 | 0.0126 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 58 | Hamline University | 23700 | 56500 | 0.5801 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 58 | Ohio Dominican University | 23700 | 53500 | 0.5566 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 60 | University of Mobile | 23800 | 44500 | 0.4648 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 61 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24000 | 76300 | 0.6857 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 61 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 63 | Heidelberg University | 24200 | 48600 | 0.5021 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 63 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 60500 | 0.5996 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 65 | Rosemont College | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 66 | University of Lynchburg | 24400 | 54900 | 0.5555 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 66 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 68 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 69 | Rockford University | 24700 | 60300 | 0.5901 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 69 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 74 | California State University-Fresno | 25000 | 35900 | 0.3035 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 75 | St. Mary's University | 25100 | 55900 | 0.5512 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 76 | Western Kentucky University | 25200 | 26800 | 0.0598 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 77 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 79 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 47100 | 0.4497 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 81 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 81 | Marquette University | 26000 | 65700 | 0.6039 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 81 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26000 | 48900 | 0.468 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 81 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 85 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Saint Edward's University | 26500 | 71900 | 0.6311 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 87 | Flagler College | 26700 | 37800 | 0.2939 | 2,409 | 1100 | 0.8076 | |
| 87 | Randolph-Macon College | 26700 | 69200 | 0.614 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 89 | Webster University | 26900 | 54300 | 0.5042 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 90 | Capital University | 27100 | 68600 | 0.6051 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 90 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 92 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27200 | 40900 | 0.3352 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 93 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 41000 | 0.3338 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 93 | The University of Tampa | 27300 | 56900 | 0.5198 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 95 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5522 | 1,833 | 1153 | 0.7381 | |
| 97 | McPherson College | 27700 | 47600 | 0.4184 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 98 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6096 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 100 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2232 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 101 | Assumption University | 28300 | 74400 | 0.62 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 101 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | Regis University | 28600 | 67200 | 0.574 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 107 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 108 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 109 | Delaware State University | 29100 | 36700 | 0.2073 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4147 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 112 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 114 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 114 | Lander University | 30000 | 37000 | 0.1893 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 116 | Le Moyne College | 30200 | 53700 | 0.4377 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 117 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 117 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 119 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 120 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 121 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 123 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31000 | 41100 | 0.246 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 123 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 123 | University of West Georgia | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 128 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 129 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 130 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 130 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32000 | 51700 | 0.3816 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 132 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32600 | 40400 | 0.1928 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 135 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 135 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32800 | 46200 | 0.2903 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 135 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 32800 | 59200 | 0.446 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 138 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32900 | 68400 | 0.5191 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 139 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 140 | Stockton University | 33100 | 44500 | 0.2563 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 140 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 142 | Lasell University | 33700 | 47000 | 0.2827 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 144 | Emmanuel College | 34000 | 68300 | 0.5024 | 1,909 | 1260 | 0.7565 | |
| 145 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 146 | St. John Fisher University | 34200 | 63700 | 0.4632 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 34600 | 54600 | 0.3662 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 148 | Saint Anselm College | 34600 | 73700 | 0.5305 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 150 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 34700 | 76800 | 0.5481 | 6,619 | 1349 | 0.7729 | |
| 152 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 35800 | 37100 | 0.035 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0541 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Texas | 36400 | 43600 | 0.1652 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 157 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2623 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 160 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 165 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0867 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 168 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3445 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 52900 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 171 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 43100 | 64500 | 0.3317 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47000 | 58800 | 0.2007 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 50300 | 70300 | 0.2847 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 180 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.