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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Ohio.
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 Ohio.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Columbus State Community College | 9000 | 20800 | 0.5679 | 28,081 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 10300 | 25900 | 0.6033 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | 10400 | 27500 | 0.6216 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11400 | 32900 | 0.6525 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4106 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5363 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12500 | 24900 | 0.4972 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | University of Southern Maine | 13100 | 23000 | 0.43 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 15 | Mount St. Joseph University | 13300 | 52600 | 0.7466 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 17 | Virginia Union University | 14300 | 51700 | 0.7236 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6238 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5767 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14400 | 44000 | 0.6727 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 23 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15300 | 26000 | 0.4111 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 24 | Avila University | 15500 | 81100 | 0.8087 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | Lander University | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3692 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 24 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Ursuline College | 15600 | 83100 | 0.8125 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28500 | 0.4427 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 29 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 31 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 31 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17200 | 36500 | 0.5291 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17300 | 19400 | 0.1082 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 38 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 39 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17900 | 52300 | 0.6575 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 41 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 42 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 42 | Ohio Dominican University | 18100 | 77400 | 0.7665 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 44 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2774 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18200 | 37200 | 0.5105 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 46 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 47 | Heidelberg University | 18500 | 48300 | 0.6178 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18900 | 48900 | 0.6131 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 49 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7623 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 52 | Coker University | 19000 | 47800 | 0.6028 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 53 | McMurry University | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7315 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 53 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 55 | Illinois College | 19500 | 55200 | 0.6471 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 55 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 57 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 58 | Carlow University | 19800 | 53900 | 0.6324 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 61 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 61 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6476 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 63 | Cottey College | 20400 | 37300 | 0.4523 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 63 | Regis University | 20400 | 67400 | 0.6973 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 66 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 66 | Sinclair Community College | 20900 | 22100 | 0.0544 | 19,415 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21100 | 38000 | 0.4453 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 70 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 72 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 73 | University of Mobile | 21600 | 46000 | 0.5305 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 74 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 75 | Rockford University | 22400 | 80500 | 0.7216 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 75 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4633 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 77 | Hastings College | 22600 | 53300 | 0.5757 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 77 | Manchester University | 22600 | 54100 | 0.582 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 79 | Hiram College | 22700 | 48700 | 0.533 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 79 | Otterbein University | 22700 | 79200 | 0.7139 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22800 | 52400 | 0.565 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 82 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23500 | 89100 | 0.7361 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 84 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 24100 | 27200 | 0.1128 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 86 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5864 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 87 | University of St Thomas | 24500 | 51400 | 0.5234 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 88 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 89 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 90 | Le Moyne College | 25400 | 58200 | 0.5639 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 91 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 92 | Lakeland University | 25700 | 56500 | 0.5455 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 93 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 93 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1807 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 95 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 78600 | 0.664 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 96 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 96 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 98 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 99 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 100 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5699 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 103 | William Peace University | 27200 | 50200 | 0.4577 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 104 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27300 | 37900 | 0.2788 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 105 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27400 | 30000 | 0.0855 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 106 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27500 | 71200 | 0.6142 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27600 | 63200 | 0.5627 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 108 | Delaware State University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.5558 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 108 | North Central College | 27800 | 66700 | 0.5829 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 110 | Central Connecticut State University | 28000 | 30400 | 0.0791 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 112 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 113 | Flagler College | 28200 | 61900 | 0.544 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 114 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 118 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 119 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 120 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 29800 | 54800 | 0.4571 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 122 | Cleveland State University | 30000 | 38600 | 0.2229 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30100 | 54700 | 0.4495 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 124 | Randolph-Macon College | 30500 | 71600 | 0.5736 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 125 | Lebanon Valley College | 30900 | 72200 | 0.5718 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 127 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 128 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 129 | Marquette University | 31500 | 75900 | 0.5849 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 129 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 131 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 31700 | 38800 | 0.1832 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 132 | Assumption University | 32300 | 74400 | 0.5656 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 134 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 32500 | 61900 | 0.4744 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 136 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 137 | Hamline University | 33700 | 70100 | 0.5191 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 138 | Siena University | 33800 | 66300 | 0.4902 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34100 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 140 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 141 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 142 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 145 | Emmanuel College | 35300 | 73700 | 0.5212 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 146 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35600 | 61100 | 0.4176 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 147 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 41000 | 0.1269 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 148 | St. John Fisher University | 36400 | 64800 | 0.4382 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 149 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37100 | 74600 | 0.5025 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 150 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 151 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 153 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 154 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 155 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 156 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 157 | Concordia University Texas | 38900 | 45800 | 0.1508 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 157 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 159 | Arcadia University | 39000 | 71600 | 0.4551 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 161 | Saint Michael's College | 39100 | 75800 | 0.4841 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 161 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 163 | Champlain College | 39400 | 105100 | 0.6252 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 164 | Saint Anselm College | 39500 | 77000 | 0.4871 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 39700 | 52200 | 0.2406 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 167 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 168 | Dominican University of California | 40600 | 69200 | 0.413 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 169 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 170 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 172 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 173 | Union University | 43500 | 66000 | 0.3417 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 174 | LeTourneau University | 44500 | 57300 | 0.2232 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 175 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 176 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 177 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 178 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62400 | 0.2344 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48500 | 68800 | 0.2951 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 185 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Stonehill College | 68300 | 76100 | 0.1025 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 188 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 190 | 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.