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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 3 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11900 | 20500 | 0.4171 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 8 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4786 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 13 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 16 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 18 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2866 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17300 | 29800 | 0.419 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 30 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 31 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 31 | Central Connecticut State University | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4789 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 31 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17800 | 21900 | 0.1875 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 36 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 37 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2773 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 40 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 40 | Ursuline College | 18400 | 61900 | 0.7023 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 42 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.2298 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 44 | Carlow University | 19600 | 82500 | 0.7625 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 45 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 45 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 39300 | 0.4983 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 45 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 45 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 45 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 52 | Concordia University-Chicago | 19800 | 54900 | 0.6388 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 54 | McMurry University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6141 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 55 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 55 | Ohio Dominican University | 20200 | 55400 | 0.6354 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 57 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 57 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 59 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 60 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 61 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 62 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3906 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 64 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 65 | University of Lynchburg | 21700 | 54900 | 0.6051 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 67 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 68 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 69 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 69 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4633 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 71 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3983 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 72 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 73 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 74 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 75 | Hastings College | 23400 | 63000 | 0.6286 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 76 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 77 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23700 | 34800 | 0.3186 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 80 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 81 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 82 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 84 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24900 | 37900 | 0.3427 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 85 | University of St Thomas | 25400 | 50900 | 0.5012 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 87 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 88 | Heidelberg University | 25800 | 48600 | 0.4692 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 88 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 88 | William Peace University | 25800 | 50200 | 0.4872 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 91 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 91 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 93 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 93 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 93 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4551 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 97 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 99 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 27000 | 0.0074 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 100 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 102 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 102 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 36500 | 0.2495 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 106 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 106 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2722 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 109 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 110 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 111 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 112 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 114 | North Central College | 28600 | 64900 | 0.5594 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 116 | Flagler College | 28800 | 61200 | 0.5293 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 118 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 59400 | 0.505 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 119 | Regis University | 29400 | 67200 | 0.5621 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 119 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 123 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 126 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 127 | Saint Michael's College | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5448 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 128 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 129 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 130 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 131 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 132 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 132 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 134 | Marquette University | 32800 | 66500 | 0.5067 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 135 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 136 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 137 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 139 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 140 | Assumption University | 34300 | 74400 | 0.5387 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 141 | Siena University | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 142 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 144 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 35200 | 56400 | 0.3757 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 147 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 148 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 149 | Drexel University | 35600 | 83900 | 0.5758 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 150 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 151 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 153 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 155 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1574 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 158 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 159 | LeTourneau University | 38300 | 54800 | 0.3013 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 160 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 161 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 161 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 163 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38900 | 46600 | 0.1652 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 163 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 165 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 165 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 167 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 168 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 168 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 170 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 170 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 174 | Dominican University of California | 40600 | 69200 | 0.4131 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 175 | Champlain College | 41000 | 76000 | 0.4608 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 53600 | 0.2333 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 177 | Butler University | 41400 | 72400 | 0.4283 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 178 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 180 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3375 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 182 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 184 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 189 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 70600 | 0.0297 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 190 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 191 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.