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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 | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.512 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 19600 | 0.3717 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5255 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 14200 | 25900 | 0.4525 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 24900 | 0.4009 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 14 | Lander University | 15300 | 24600 | 0.3773 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15600 | 19300 | 0.1917 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 18 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 18 | University of St Thomas | 15800 | 50900 | 0.6899 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2692 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 16400 | 67600 | 0.758 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 23 | Coker University | 16600 | 47800 | 0.653 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 24 | Central Connecticut State University | 16700 | 34000 | 0.5085 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 25 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17600 | 28400 | 0.3807 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 26 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 27 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18100 | 28800 | 0.3718 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 28 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18500 | 27700 | 0.3319 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 30 | Fort Lewis College | 18700 | 29100 | 0.3578 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 30 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4709 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 32 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19100 | 37900 | 0.4959 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 35 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 36 | McMurry University | 19800 | 46600 | 0.5756 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19900 | 25800 | 0.2286 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 38 | University of West Georgia | 20000 | 23600 | 0.1523 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 39 | University of Northern Iowa | 20100 | 24000 | 0.1618 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 40 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 20300 | 57400 | 0.6461 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 41 | Virginia Union University | 20300 | 31000 | 0.345 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 44 | Lebanon Valley College | 20800 | 71600 | 0.7097 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.4296 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 46 | Lycoming College | 21300 | 65800 | 0.6758 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 48 | Tabor College | 21600 | 55600 | 0.6112 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 49 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.554 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 49 | Stockton University | 21700 | 32200 | 0.3246 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 49 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4785 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 53 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 22300 | 29800 | 0.2516 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 54 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 22500 | 32600 | 0.3099 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 55 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 56 | Carlow University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 57 | Manchester University | 23100 | 54200 | 0.574 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23300 | 35400 | 0.3414 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 59 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 59 | Ohio Dominican University | 23600 | 53500 | 0.5585 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 59 | University of Mobile | 23600 | 44500 | 0.4693 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 63 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 76300 | 0.6896 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 64 | Heidelberg University | 24000 | 48600 | 0.5062 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 64 | Rosemont College | 24000 | 38100 | 0.37 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 66 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 66 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 68 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 68 | University of Lynchburg | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5576 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 70 | Flagler College | 24400 | 37800 | 0.3548 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 71 | Rockford University | 24500 | 60300 | 0.5934 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | Maryville College | 24700 | 58400 | 0.5782 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 73 | St. Mary's University | 24900 | 55900 | 0.5547 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 74 | University of Saint Mary | 25000 | 51800 | 0.5172 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 77 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 77 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 79 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 47100 | 0.454 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 81 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 81 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 81 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.609 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 86 | Saint Edward's University | 26300 | 71900 | 0.6339 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 87 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 87 | Marquette University | 26400 | 65700 | 0.5978 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 89 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 90 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 91 | Johnson C Smith University | 27200 | 41000 | 0.3362 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 91 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27200 | 40900 | 0.3352 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 93 | Montclair State University | 27300 | 36300 | 0.2481 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 93 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5552 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27300 | 32800 | 0.1675 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 96 | Cleveland State University | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2656 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 96 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2764 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 98 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 99 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 100 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27900 | 71200 | 0.6078 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 100 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 102 | Assumption University | 28100 | 74400 | 0.6227 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 104 | Drury University | 28400 | 52900 | 0.463 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 105 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 106 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4179 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 110 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 112 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29500 | 54300 | 0.4566 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 113 | William Penn University | 29800 | 47200 | 0.3681 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 114 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 116 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 117 | Baker University | 30500 | 54800 | 0.4447 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 117 | Le Moyne College | 30500 | 53700 | 0.4321 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 119 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 31100 | 66000 | 0.529 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 123 | Kean University | 31300 | 39600 | 0.2097 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 125 | Florida Southern College | 31500 | 63200 | 0.5013 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 126 | Albright College | 31800 | 48700 | 0.3471 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 126 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 128 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32100 | 51700 | 0.3779 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 129 | Benedictine College | 32200 | 50800 | 0.3663 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 129 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 131 | Saint Michael's College | 32300 | 68400 | 0.5275 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | Emmanuel College | 32500 | 68300 | 0.5244 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 132 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 134 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 135 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 33000 | 59200 | 0.4428 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | Arkansas State University | 33700 | 41900 | 0.1956 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | St. John Fisher University | 34200 | 63700 | 0.4632 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 34500 | 54600 | 0.3681 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 145 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 146 | University of Southern Maine | 35700 | 37100 | 0.0377 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Texas | 35900 | 43600 | 0.1767 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 149 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 150 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 36700 | 60500 | 0.3934 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37200 | 44100 | 0.1564 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 156 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2625 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 157 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 158 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 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 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 163 | Fresno Pacific University | 40300 | 52200 | 0.2276 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 164 | Saint Anselm College | 40700 | 73700 | 0.4478 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 165 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41900 | 74600 | 0.4382 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 52400 | 0.1907 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 170 | Butler University | 43100 | 64500 | 0.3317 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 171 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 172 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43800 | 52900 | 0.172 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 174 | University of St Thomas | 50300 | 70300 | 0.2847 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | University of California-Irvine | 54600 | 64800 | 0.1573 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 181 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 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 | 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.