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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Michigan.
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 Michigan.
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 | Henry Ford College | 8600 | 20800 | 0.5856 | 8,695 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 24000 | 0.5721 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 13600 | 25900 | 0.4757 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.5084 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15000 | 19300 | 0.2228 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 12 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 15 | Oakland University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4257 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 16 | Avila University | 17000 | 67600 | 0.7491 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 16 | Coker University | 17000 | 47800 | 0.6446 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 18 | Central Connecticut State University | 17900 | 34000 | 0.4733 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 19 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 20 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18500 | 27700 | 0.3319 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 21 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4765 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 24 | Lee University | 20100 | 37100 | 0.4577 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 25 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 26 | McMurry University | 20400 | 46600 | 0.5627 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 27 | Hiram College | 20600 | 48700 | 0.5766 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 28 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 28 | Virginia Union University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3321 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 21500 | 24400 | 0.1189 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 33 | Cleveland State University | 21600 | 30900 | 0.3006 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 35 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4118 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 37 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 37 | Stockton University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 39 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22300 | 33900 | 0.342 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 40 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4633 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 43 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23000 | 32600 | 0.2946 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 44 | Manchester University | 23100 | 54200 | 0.574 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 45 | Carlow University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 46 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 47 | Ohio Dominican University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.5548 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 48 | Randolph-Macon College | 23900 | 69200 | 0.6545 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 49 | University of Lynchburg | 24000 | 54900 | 0.563 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 50 | Hamline University | 24100 | 56500 | 0.573 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 50 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 52 | University of Mobile | 24200 | 44500 | 0.4558 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 53 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 65700 | 0.6256 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 54 | Heidelberg University | 24700 | 48600 | 0.4918 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 54 | Maryville College | 24700 | 58400 | 0.5782 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 56 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24900 | 62200 | 0.6001 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 57 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 57 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 57 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 57 | University of Saint Mary | 25000 | 51800 | 0.5172 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 61 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 61 | Rosemont College | 25100 | 38100 | 0.3414 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 63 | Flagler College | 25200 | 37800 | 0.3336 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 64 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 64 | Old Dominion University | 25300 | 32100 | 0.212 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 64 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 67 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 67 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 67 | St. Mary's University | 25400 | 55900 | 0.5458 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 70 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 27600 | 0.0689 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 71 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 72 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 72 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 72 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 75 | Otterbein University | 26100 | 66500 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 76 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 47100 | 0.4391 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 76 | Marquette University | 26400 | 65700 | 0.5978 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 76 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26400 | 48900 | 0.4598 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 79 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 80 | Saint Edward's University | 26800 | 71900 | 0.6269 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26900 | 28800 | 0.0654 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 82 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 84 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 84 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 30400 | 0.103 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 86 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2764 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 86 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 86 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3303 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 89 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2412 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 91 | McPherson College | 27900 | 47600 | 0.4142 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 91 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27900 | 71200 | 0.6078 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 93 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1431 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 94 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 96 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | University of Northern Iowa | 28300 | 36200 | 0.218 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 98 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 99 | Assumption University | 28500 | 74400 | 0.6173 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 100 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 102 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 104 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 106 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29300 | 38000 | 0.2292 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29600 | 36500 | 0.1892 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 109 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.406 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 109 | William Penn University | 29800 | 47200 | 0.3681 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 111 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 111 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 113 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 113 | Lander University | 30300 | 37000 | 0.1812 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 115 | Le Moyne College | 30400 | 53700 | 0.434 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 116 | Baker University | 30500 | 54800 | 0.4447 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 119 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 120 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 120 | University of West Georgia | 31300 | 36000 | 0.1306 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | Florida Southern College | 31500 | 63200 | 0.5013 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 123 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 125 | Albright College | 32000 | 48700 | 0.343 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 125 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32100 | 39200 | 0.1796 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 128 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68400 | 0.5289 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Emmanuel College | 32400 | 68300 | 0.5259 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 131 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 133 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33000 | 40400 | 0.183 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 133 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 33000 | 59200 | 0.4428 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 136 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33600 | 46200 | 0.2729 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 139 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 141 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 142 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 145 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 146 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 146 | University of Southern Maine | 36100 | 37100 | 0.0269 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 148 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Texas | 36700 | 43600 | 0.1583 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 154 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37400 | 44100 | 0.1519 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37800 | 51000 | 0.2585 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 157 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 48900 | 0.2004 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 160 | Pacific University | 39200 | 74900 | 0.4763 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 161 | Arcadia University | 39700 | 71600 | 0.4456 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 162 | Fresno Pacific University | 40300 | 52200 | 0.2276 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 163 | Saint Anselm College | 40500 | 73700 | 0.4505 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 166 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 168 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 170 | Butler University | 43300 | 64500 | 0.3286 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 171 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43700 | 45600 | 0.0416 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 173 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47300 | 58800 | 0.1956 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 176 | University of St Thomas | 50100 | 70300 | 0.2875 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 177 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 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 | 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.