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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 | 0.9934 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8100 | 36700 | 0.7797 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5141 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 11300 | 93000 | 0.8787 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 14000 | 25900 | 0.4602 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4461 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5166 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Lander University | 15300 | 24600 | 0.3773 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of St Thomas | 15900 | 50900 | 0.6879 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 17 | Avila University | 16700 | 67600 | 0.7535 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 17 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 19 | Coker University | 16800 | 47800 | 0.6488 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 20 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17000 | 26000 | 0.3457 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 21 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 22 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17600 | 28400 | 0.3807 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28800 | 0.3752 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 34400 | 0.4765 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 18600 | 36100 | 0.4845 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 27 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 27 | Saint Cloud State University | 18700 | 24500 | 0.2399 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 29 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 30 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 31 | Western Kentucky University | 19600 | 26800 | 0.2689 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 32 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 19700 | 37100 | 0.4684 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 34 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 35 | McMurry University | 20100 | 46600 | 0.5692 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 20600 | 57400 | 0.6409 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 36 | Virginia Union University | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3353 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 38 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 39 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3852 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 39 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.128 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21000 | 23500 | 0.1066 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 44 | Cottey College | 21600 | 37300 | 0.4203 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 44 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21600 | 29800 | 0.2746 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 46 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 47 | Lycoming College | 21800 | 65800 | 0.6693 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 47 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1219 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | Upper Iowa University | 22100 | 41700 | 0.4706 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22400 | 35400 | 0.3667 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 52 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 53 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 55 | Carlow University | 23000 | 58100 | 0.6046 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 56 | Ohio Dominican University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.5548 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 57 | Hamline University | 23900 | 52700 | 0.5452 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 23900 | 44500 | 0.4625 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 59 | Crown College | 24000 | 46800 | 0.4877 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 59 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 61 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 24100 | 26200 | 0.0792 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 63 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24200 | 76300 | 0.6831 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 64 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Heidelberg University | 24400 | 48600 | 0.498 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 64 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 67 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 67 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 67 | Rosemont College | 24500 | 38100 | 0.3552 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 24600 | 54900 | 0.5519 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 71 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 72 | Rockford University | 24800 | 60300 | 0.5885 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 73 | Flagler College | 24900 | 37800 | 0.3415 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 76 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 76 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 78 | California State University-Fresno | 25100 | 35900 | 0.3007 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 79 | St. Mary's University | 25200 | 55900 | 0.5494 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 80 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 81 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 82 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26000 | 47100 | 0.4476 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 82 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66300 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 85 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26200 | 48900 | 0.4639 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 86 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Saint Edward's University | 26600 | 71900 | 0.6297 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 89 | Randolph-Macon College | 26700 | 69200 | 0.614 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 90 | Webster University | 27000 | 54300 | 0.5024 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 91 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 92 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 92 | McPherson College | 27200 | 47600 | 0.4289 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 94 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27300 | 40900 | 0.3327 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 95 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 96 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5494 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 96 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27700 | 32800 | 0.1553 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 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 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38400 | 0.268 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 101 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 102 | Assumption University | 28400 | 74400 | 0.6187 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | Regis University | 28700 | 67200 | 0.5726 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 106 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29000 | 38000 | 0.2371 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 107 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 108 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 109 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1946 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 110 | William Peace University | 29500 | 50200 | 0.4118 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 111 | Cedar Crest College | 29600 | 66000 | 0.5512 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 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 | Le Moyne College | 30200 | 53700 | 0.4377 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 115 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 116 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 117 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 118 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 121 | University of West Georgia | 31100 | 36000 | 0.1362 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 123 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 124 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 124 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32000 | 39200 | 0.1845 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32800 | 40400 | 0.1879 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 32800 | 59200 | 0.446 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 130 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 131 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33100 | 68400 | 0.5161 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 131 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 133 | Stockton University | 33300 | 44500 | 0.2518 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 136 | Emmanuel College | 34000 | 68300 | 0.5024 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 136 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 138 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 63500 | 0.4629 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 140 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34200 | 37200 | 0.0826 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 141 | St. John Fisher University | 34300 | 63700 | 0.4617 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 142 | Saint Anselm College | 34500 | 73700 | 0.5319 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 143 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34700 | 37800 | 0.0813 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 34800 | 54600 | 0.3626 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 145 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 148 | University of Southern Maine | 35900 | 37100 | 0.0323 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 149 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Texas | 36400 | 43600 | 0.1652 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 150 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2623 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 157 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 160 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 162 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 165 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3445 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 166 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 52100 | 0.19 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 167 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 52400 | 0.1926 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's University | 42300 | 74500 | 0.4321 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 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 | Marquette University | 45700 | 75100 | 0.3916 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 172 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 173 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 174 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 54900 | 64800 | 0.1527 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 58400 | 61000 | 0.0438 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 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.