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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 Houston-Clear Lake | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4941 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 45900 | 0.7393 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 31200 | 0.6128 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 7 | West Virginia University | 12600 | 57700 | 0.7815 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13200 | 25800 | 0.4877 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13900 | 28000 | 0.5032 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14100 | 24300 | 0.4191 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 17 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14500 | 24900 | 0.417 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5245 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14600 | 26700 | 0.454 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 14800 | 67500 | 0.7807 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14900 | 26400 | 0.4375 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 24 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 27 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15800 | 86700 | 0.818 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 28 | Coker University | 16000 | 47800 | 0.6656 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 32000 | 0.4857 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 30 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 31 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 31 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16600 | 47600 | 0.6518 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 33 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 34 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17000 | 29500 | 0.4235 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 35 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17100 | 44000 | 0.6119 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 36 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 19700 | 0.1221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3531 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 46400 | 0.6202 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 36500 | 0.5127 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 18100 | 37400 | 0.5164 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18200 | 28200 | 0.3542 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 45 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 18700 | 60400 | 0.6902 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 18800 | 48000 | 0.6087 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 48 | Hastings College | 19200 | 71100 | 0.7299 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 49 | Carlow University | 19300 | 79300 | 0.7562 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 49 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2339 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 51 | Texas Tech University | 19400 | 27900 | 0.305 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 52 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 53 | Central Connecticut State University | 19800 | 29500 | 0.3286 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 56 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 57 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 71400 | 0.7189 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 20100 | 56900 | 0.6462 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 59 | Ohio Dominican University | 20200 | 65800 | 0.6926 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | St. Mary's University | 20200 | 70300 | 0.7129 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20600 | 26600 | 0.2255 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 62 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 65 | Hamline University | 21100 | 56500 | 0.626 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 65 | Virginia Union University | 21100 | 38800 | 0.4567 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 67 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 68 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21400 | 42400 | 0.4949 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 68 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 70 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6723 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 70 | Rockford University | 21600 | 68200 | 0.6837 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5529 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 72 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 72 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 75 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 75 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4743 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 78 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4108 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 79 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22400 | 78600 | 0.7154 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 80 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 82 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 83 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22700 | 68400 | 0.6682 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 83 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 85 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 86 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 87 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23600 | 48900 | 0.517 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 87 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 89 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 90 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4486 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 91 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 95 | Heidelberg University | 24200 | 48600 | 0.5021 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 95 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 80400 | 0.6989 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 97 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 97 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 99 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 100 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 101 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 102 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 103 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 104 | Flagler College | 25800 | 61100 | 0.5776 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 104 | Seattle Pacific University | 25800 | 77000 | 0.6653 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 67800 | 0.6181 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 106 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25900 | 61400 | 0.5774 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 106 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26100 | 79400 | 0.6715 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 111 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 112 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 113 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 114 | Capital University | 27100 | 80300 | 0.6626 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 114 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 116 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 117 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 47400 | 0.4243 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 119 | Marquette University | 27400 | 66200 | 0.5858 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 120 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5521 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 121 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6102 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 122 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 122 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 126 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 127 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 127 | Kansas State University | 28900 | 41600 | 0.3049 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 129 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 130 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 130 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4146 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 132 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 133 | Dominican University of California | 29800 | 69200 | 0.5698 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 134 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 135 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 136 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 136 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 31000 | 70300 | 0.5594 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 139 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 139 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 141 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 142 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 143 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 144 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 145 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 146 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 147 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 148 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 149 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 150 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 151 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 152 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 153 | Hofstra University | 34500 | 77000 | 0.5518 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 153 | Siena College | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 155 | Barry University | 34600 | 56400 | 0.3863 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 156 | Fort Lewis College | 34900 | 41400 | 0.1571 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 157 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 158 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 159 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4048 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 160 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 162 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 163 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 164 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 165 | University of the Pacific | 36600 | 71500 | 0.4884 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 166 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 167 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37300 | 61600 | 0.3942 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 168 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 169 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 170 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 171 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 172 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 172 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 174 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 174 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 174 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40100 | 92400 | 0.5659 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 177 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40900 | 0.0124 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 41100 | 68300 | 0.398 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 180 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 53700 | 0.2029 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 182 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 187 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 188 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 190 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 194 | Gonzaga University | 75500 | 77800 | 0.0296 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 76400 | 82500 | 0.0739 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.