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                                Considering a degree in Criminology?
                                
                                These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Pennsylvania.
                                
                                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 Pennsylvania.
                                
                                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 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 9000 | 36700 | 0.7555 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5123 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 92700 | 0.8728 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 19600 | 0.3615 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4447 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.5084 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 15 | University of Southern Maine | 15600 | 23000 | 0.3214 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15700 | 19300 | 0.1865 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 17 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 18 | University of Florida | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2826 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 18 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 17000 | 67600 | 0.7491 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 20 | Coker University | 17000 | 47800 | 0.6446 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17000 | 28400 | 0.4019 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 23 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28900 | 0.384 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 25 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 26 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4556 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | Framingham State University | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3969 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 28 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.4792 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 32 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 33 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2819 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19500 | 25800 | 0.2441 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 34 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2718 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 36 | Lee University | 20100 | 37100 | 0.4577 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 36 | University of Northern Iowa | 20100 | 24000 | 0.1618 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 38 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20200 | 33400 | 0.3957 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 40 | McMurry University | 20400 | 46600 | 0.5627 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 41 | Hiram College | 20600 | 48700 | 0.5766 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 42 | Virginia Union University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3321 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 45 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 45 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 24800 | 0.1281 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 49 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 50 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4118 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 51 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 52 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4633 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 53 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 55 | Albright College | 23000 | 48000 | 0.5209 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 55 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23000 | 32600 | 0.2946 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 57 | Manchester University | 23100 | 54200 | 0.574 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | University of California-Irvine | 23100 | 35300 | 0.346 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 59 | Carlow University | 23200 | 58200 | 0.6018 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23300 | 35400 | 0.3414 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 61 | Ohio Dominican University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.5548 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 62 | University of Lynchburg | 24000 | 54900 | 0.563 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 63 | Hamline University | 24100 | 56500 | 0.573 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 63 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 65 | University of Mobile | 24200 | 44500 | 0.4558 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 66 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2911 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 67 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 65700 | 0.6256 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 67 | Geneva College | 24600 | 48900 | 0.496 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 69 | Heidelberg University | 24700 | 48600 | 0.4918 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 69 | Maryville College | 24700 | 58400 | 0.5782 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24900 | 62200 | 0.6001 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 72 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | University of Saint Mary | 25000 | 51800 | 0.5172 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 76 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 76 | Rosemont College | 25100 | 38100 | 0.3414 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 78 | Flagler College | 25200 | 37800 | 0.3336 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 79 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 79 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 81 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 81 | St. Mary's University | 25400 | 55900 | 0.5458 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 83 | Villanova University | 25800 | 87800 | 0.7064 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 84 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 86 | Lebanon Valley College | 26000 | 71500 | 0.6369 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 87 | Chatham University | 26100 | 59800 | 0.5635 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 87 | Otterbein University | 26100 | 66500 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 47100 | 0.4391 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 89 | Marquette University | 26400 | 65700 | 0.5978 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 89 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26400 | 48900 | 0.4598 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 92 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 93 | Saint Edward's University | 26800 | 71900 | 0.6269 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 94 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 94 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 97 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 98 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 99 | McPherson College | 27900 | 47600 | 0.4142 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 99 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27900 | 71200 | 0.6078 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 99 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2495 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1431 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 105 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 106 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 107 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 108 | Assumption University | 28500 | 74400 | 0.6173 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 113 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29300 | 38000 | 0.2292 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 113 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 29800 | 65100 | 0.5424 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 116 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.406 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29800 | 47200 | 0.3681 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 120 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 121 | Le Moyne College | 30400 | 53700 | 0.434 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 122 | Baker University | 30500 | 54800 | 0.4447 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 125 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 126 | University of West Georgia | 31300 | 36000 | 0.1306 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 127 | Florida Southern College | 31500 | 63200 | 0.5013 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 129 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32100 | 51700 | 0.3779 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 130 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 130 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68400 | 0.5289 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | Emmanuel College | 32400 | 68300 | 0.5259 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 133 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32500 | 39900 | 0.1854 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 134 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 134 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 136 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 33000 | 59200 | 0.4428 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 138 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33600 | 46200 | 0.2729 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 138 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 140 | Saint Vincent College | 33800 | 60700 | 0.4429 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 140 | Stockton University | 33800 | 44500 | 0.2406 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 142 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.526 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 144 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 146 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 147 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 148 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 149 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 150 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 151 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Texas | 36700 | 43600 | 0.1583 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 37400 | 82600 | 0.547 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 156 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37400 | 44100 | 0.1519 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 158 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 159 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37800 | 51000 | 0.2585 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 160 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Pacific University | 39200 | 74900 | 0.4763 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 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 | 40500 | 73700 | 0.4505 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 165 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 165 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 167 | Old Dominion University | 42200 | 52400 | 0.1945 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 167 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 170 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 171 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 43300 | 64500 | 0.3286 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 174 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 50100 | 70300 | 0.2875 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 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.