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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9507 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5124 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4022 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5263 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5701 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 16 | University of Florida | 15400 | 22300 | 0.3095 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 17 | University of St Thomas | 15800 | 50900 | 0.6899 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 18 | Avila University | 16400 | 67600 | 0.758 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 19 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 20 | Coker University | 16600 | 47800 | 0.653 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 21 | SUNY Old Westbury | 17300 | 24400 | 0.2914 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 22 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17700 | 29800 | 0.4067 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 24 | Framingham State University | 18100 | 31000 | 0.4163 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 25 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 18500 | 36100 | 0.4881 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 28 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 28 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3079 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 30 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 31 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 37900 | 0.4932 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19300 | 25800 | 0.2518 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 34 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 35 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 23600 | 0.1692 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 36 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 27600 | 0.2865 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | McMurry University | 19800 | 46600 | 0.5756 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 37 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 39 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 40 | Virginia Union University | 20300 | 31000 | 0.345 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 42 | Lebanon Valley College | 20800 | 71600 | 0.7097 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 20800 | 25300 | 0.178 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 44 | Northern Arizona University | 20900 | 32000 | 0.3466 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 44 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 21200 | 30900 | 0.3135 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 49 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6754 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 49 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 49 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 52 | Tabor College | 21600 | 55600 | 0.6112 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 53 | Stockton University | 21700 | 32200 | 0.3246 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 53 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.478 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 55 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 55 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21800 | 33900 | 0.3567 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 57 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22400 | 35400 | 0.3667 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 59 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 22500 | 32600 | 0.3099 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 60 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 62 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 29900 | 0.2244 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 63 | Old Dominion University | 23500 | 32100 | 0.2681 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 64 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 64 | University of Mobile | 23600 | 44500 | 0.4693 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 66 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 76300 | 0.6896 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 66 | Ohio Dominican University | 23700 | 53500 | 0.5566 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 68 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 69 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 69 | Heidelberg University | 24000 | 48600 | 0.5062 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 72 | University of Central Arkansas | 24300 | 29500 | 0.1763 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 72 | University of Lynchburg | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5579 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 75 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 76 | Flagler College | 24500 | 37800 | 0.3521 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 77 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 78 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 80 | St. Mary's University | 25000 | 55900 | 0.5529 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 80 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 82 | Marquette University | 25300 | 65700 | 0.6145 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 83 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 85 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 47100 | 0.454 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 86 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 88 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 89 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 90 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 90 | Saint Edward's University | 26400 | 71900 | 0.6325 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 93 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 94 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 95 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 97 | Johnson C Smith University | 27200 | 41000 | 0.3362 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 97 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27200 | 40900 | 0.3352 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 99 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 100 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 38400 | 0.2784 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 100 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | Assumption University | 28200 | 74400 | 0.6214 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 105 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 105 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 107 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 110 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 28800 | 38000 | 0.2424 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 111 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 113 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 114 | William Peace University | 29300 | 50200 | 0.4175 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 115 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 116 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29600 | 54300 | 0.4548 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 118 | Lander University | 29900 | 37000 | 0.192 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 119 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 122 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 123 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 125 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 126 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 127 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 46700 | 0.3383 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 130 | Kean University | 31000 | 39600 | 0.2172 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 131 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 132 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 133 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 134 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 135 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 136 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32800 | 68400 | 0.5205 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 137 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 138 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | Emmanuel College | 34100 | 68300 | 0.501 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 143 | St. John Fisher University | 34200 | 63700 | 0.4632 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 34400 | 54600 | 0.3699 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 145 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 147 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 150 | University of Southern Maine | 35700 | 37100 | 0.0377 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 151 | Concordia University Texas | 36100 | 43600 | 0.1721 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 151 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 153 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37500 | 51000 | 0.2648 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 159 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 160 | Hofstra University | 38500 | 74600 | 0.4837 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 160 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 164 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 166 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 167 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45700 | 0.0833 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 168 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 170 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 171 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 43100 | 64500 | 0.3317 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46900 | 58800 | 0.2024 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 50300 | 70300 | 0.2847 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 181 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 182 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 183 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 184 | 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.