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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93000 | 0.9421 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5155 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 11900 | 19600 | 0.392 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 13800 | 25400 | 0.4559 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5163 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14400 | 24900 | 0.421 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 13 | University of Southern Maine | 15200 | 23000 | 0.3388 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of St Thomas | 15900 | 50900 | 0.6879 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 17 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 16700 | 26000 | 0.3572 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 19 | Avila University | 16800 | 67600 | 0.752 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 20 | Coker University | 16900 | 47800 | 0.6467 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18000 | 29800 | 0.3966 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 23 | Framingham State University | 18400 | 31000 | 0.4066 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 23 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 23 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 23 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 27 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.4826 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 28 | Saint Cloud State University | 18700 | 24500 | 0.2394 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 31 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 32 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2733 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 33 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 34 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 34 | Lee University | 19700 | 37100 | 0.4684 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 34 | University of West Georgia | 19700 | 23600 | 0.165 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 27600 | 0.2793 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 39 | McMurry University | 20100 | 46600 | 0.5692 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 40 | Niagara University | 20600 | 57400 | 0.6409 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 40 | Virginia Union University | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3353 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 20600 | 28800 | 0.2849 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 43 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 44 | University of Northern Iowa | 20800 | 24000 | 0.1334 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21000 | 23500 | 0.1066 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 21500 | 27100 | 0.2064 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 48 | Cottey College | 21600 | 37300 | 0.4201 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 48 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21600 | 29800 | 0.2741 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 50 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 50 | Lycoming College | 21800 | 65800 | 0.6691 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 50 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 53 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22000 | 33900 | 0.3508 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 22000 | 25200 | 0.1271 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | Upper Iowa University | 22100 | 41700 | 0.4704 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 56 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22700 | 35400 | 0.3583 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 58 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 59 | Carlow University | 23000 | 58100 | 0.6046 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 60 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 29900 | 0.2211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 61 | Ohio Dominican University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.5548 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 62 | Hamline University | 23900 | 52700 | 0.5452 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 23900 | 44500 | 0.4625 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 62 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 65 | Crown College | 24000 | 46800 | 0.4874 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Old Dominion University | 24100 | 32100 | 0.2494 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 68 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24200 | 76300 | 0.6831 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 69 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 69 | University of Central Arkansas | 24300 | 29500 | 0.1763 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 71 | Heidelberg University | 24400 | 48600 | 0.498 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 71 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 73 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 74 | University of Lynchburg | 24600 | 54900 | 0.5524 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 75 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 76 | Rockford University | 24800 | 60300 | 0.5885 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 24800 | 27000 | 0.0817 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 78 | Flagler College | 24900 | 37800 | 0.3415 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 79 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 79 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 81 | St. Mary's University | 25200 | 55900 | 0.5494 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 82 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 83 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 84 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26000 | 47100 | 0.4476 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 84 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 86 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26200 | 48900 | 0.4639 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 89 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 90 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 90 | Saint Edward's University | 26600 | 71900 | 0.6297 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 92 | Indiana State University | 26800 | 30900 | 0.1328 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 93 | Webster University | 27000 | 54300 | 0.5024 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 94 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 96 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27300 | 40900 | 0.3327 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 97 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 98 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5492 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 98 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 100 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 101 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 102 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38400 | 0.268 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 105 | Assumption University | 28400 | 74400 | 0.6187 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 106 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 107 | Regis University | 28700 | 67200 | 0.5726 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 108 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 109 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 110 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1946 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 112 | Cedar Crest College | 29600 | 66000 | 0.5512 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 112 | William Peace University | 29600 | 50200 | 0.4116 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 115 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 116 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 118 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 118 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 120 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 124 | University of Rhode Island | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3037 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 125 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 126 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 126 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 39200 | 0.1878 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32800 | 40400 | 0.1879 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 132 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33100 | 68400 | 0.5161 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4613 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Stockton University | 33400 | 44500 | 0.2496 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 136 | Emmanuel College | 34000 | 68300 | 0.5024 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 136 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 136 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 139 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 63500 | 0.4629 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 140 | St. John Fisher University | 34300 | 63700 | 0.4617 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 141 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 142 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 34700 | 54600 | 0.3644 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 145 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 147 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.406 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Texas | 36500 | 43600 | 0.1629 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 151 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2629 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 153 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 154 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 155 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 156 | Hofstra University | 38700 | 74600 | 0.4811 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 157 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 158 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 159 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 161 | Marquette University | 41100 | 75100 | 0.4529 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 164 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42300 | 52100 | 0.1881 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's University | 42300 | 74500 | 0.4321 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 167 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 169 | Butler University | 43200 | 64500 | 0.3301 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 171 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47100 | 58800 | 0.199 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 54900 | 64800 | 0.1527 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 58200 | 61000 | 0.046 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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.