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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 | 0.9934 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5127 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 11000 | 93000 | 0.8819 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30900 | 0.6305 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13000 | 37100 | 0.6491 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 6 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5266 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14000 | 24900 | 0.437 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4042 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 12 | University of Southern Maine | 15400 | 23000 | 0.3301 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 14 | University of St Thomas | 15800 | 50900 | 0.6899 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 15 | Avila University | 16400 | 67600 | 0.758 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 16 | Coker University | 16600 | 47800 | 0.653 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 16900 | 26000 | 0.3496 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17200 | 28400 | 0.3948 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 20 | SUNY Old Westbury | 17400 | 24400 | 0.2873 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 21 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 21 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4794 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 18300 | 36100 | 0.4928 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | Fort Lewis College | 18700 | 29100 | 0.3578 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 24 | Framingham State University | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3969 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 24 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 27 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 28 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 37900 | 0.4932 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 29 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 30 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 31 | McMurry University | 19800 | 46600 | 0.5756 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 32 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 33 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 33 | University of West Georgia | 20000 | 23600 | 0.1523 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 35 | Virginia Union University | 20300 | 31000 | 0.345 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 39 | Central Connecticut State University | 20800 | 34000 | 0.388 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | Lebanon Valley College | 20800 | 71600 | 0.7097 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 20800 | 25300 | 0.178 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 42 | Northern Arizona University | 20900 | 32000 | 0.3471 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 42 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 44 | Cleveland State University | 21300 | 30900 | 0.3103 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.4292 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 46 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6755 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 48 | Stockton University | 21600 | 32200 | 0.3277 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 48 | Tabor College | 21600 | 55600 | 0.6112 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 50 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 50 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4781 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 52 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21800 | 33900 | 0.3567 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 53 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22700 | 35400 | 0.3583 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 55 | Carlow University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 56 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 23600 | 44500 | 0.4693 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 59 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 76300 | 0.6896 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 59 | Ohio Dominican University | 23700 | 53500 | 0.5566 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 61 | Heidelberg University | 24000 | 48600 | 0.5062 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 61 | Rosemont College | 24000 | 38100 | 0.3695 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 61 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 64 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 64 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 66 | University of Lynchburg | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5574 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 67 | Flagler College | 24400 | 37800 | 0.3548 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 67 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 69 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 70 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 71 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 72 | California State University-Fresno | 24800 | 35900 | 0.3091 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 73 | St. Mary's University | 24900 | 55900 | 0.5547 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 76 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 47100 | 0.454 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 78 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 79 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 80 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 80 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66300 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 82 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 82 | Saint Edward's University | 26400 | 71900 | 0.6325 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Marquette University | 26600 | 65700 | 0.5948 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 86 | Randolph-Macon College | 26700 | 69200 | 0.614 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 87 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 88 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 89 | Johnson C Smith University | 27200 | 41000 | 0.3362 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 89 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27200 | 40900 | 0.3352 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 91 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5549 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 91 | The University of Tampa | 27300 | 56900 | 0.5198 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27300 | 32800 | 0.1675 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 94 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 95 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 38400 | 0.2784 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 95 | McPherson College | 27700 | 47600 | 0.4184 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6096 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 99 | Assumption University | 28100 | 74400 | 0.6227 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 100 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 100 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 102 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 106 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 108 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4177 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29600 | 54300 | 0.4548 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29700 | 37200 | 0.1998 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 112 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 115 | Lander University | 29900 | 37000 | 0.192 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 117 | Le Moyne College | 30200 | 53700 | 0.4377 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 118 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 118 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 120 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 121 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 122 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30900 | 41100 | 0.2484 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 125 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 126 | Kean University | 31100 | 39600 | 0.2147 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 126 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 128 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 129 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 130 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 131 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 131 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32000 | 51700 | 0.3816 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32400 | 40400 | 0.1978 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 135 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32800 | 68400 | 0.5205 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 136 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | Lasell University | 33700 | 47000 | 0.2827 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 140 | Emmanuel College | 34100 | 68300 | 0.501 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | St. John Fisher University | 34200 | 63700 | 0.4632 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 34500 | 54600 | 0.3681 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 145 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 145 | Saint Anselm College | 34600 | 73700 | 0.5305 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 147 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 148 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 149 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 150 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 151 | Concordia University Texas | 36200 | 43600 | 0.1698 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37500 | 51000 | 0.2642 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 158 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 159 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 161 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 162 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 163 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 165 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.086 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 168 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3445 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 170 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 52400 | 0.1907 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 43100 | 64500 | 0.3317 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 172 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 173 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 174 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 50300 | 70300 | 0.2847 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 180 | University of California-Irvine | 54600 | 64800 | 0.1573 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 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.