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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5145 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 31200 | 0.6283 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12100 | 51900 | 0.7672 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13900 | 46000 | 0.6974 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 30700 | 0.5391 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28000 | 0.489 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14300 | 24300 | 0.4108 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14900 | 38300 | 0.6108 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5985 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 20 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 21 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16200 | 76300 | 0.7879 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 22 | Coker University | 16300 | 47800 | 0.6593 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 31800 | 0.4753 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16800 | 47600 | 0.6475 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 25 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17200 | 44000 | 0.6097 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 26 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4133 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 17400 | 36000 | 0.5161 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4693 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 33 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 35 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 36 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 37 | McMurry University | 19000 | 60400 | 0.6852 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 38 | Stockton University | 19100 | 44500 | 0.5711 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 38 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 40 | Hastings College | 19400 | 71100 | 0.7271 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 42 | Carlow University | 19900 | 68200 | 0.7082 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 42 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6094 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 45 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 42400 | 0.5185 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 45 | University of Mobile | 20400 | 56900 | 0.641 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 47 | St. Mary's University | 20500 | 70300 | 0.7086 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 48 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 49 | Hamline University | 20900 | 56500 | 0.6296 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 50 | Ohio Dominican University | 21000 | 65800 | 0.6804 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21100 | 40900 | 0.4837 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 51 | Virginia Union University | 21100 | 38800 | 0.4567 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 53 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4157 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 53 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 55 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 55 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 55 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.5999 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 59 | Lycoming College | 22000 | 65800 | 0.666 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 60 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4666 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 61 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 62 | Assumption University | 22500 | 91300 | 0.7533 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 63 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23000 | 68400 | 0.6638 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 64 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 66 | Saint Edward's University | 23400 | 91800 | 0.7454 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 67 | Regis University | 23600 | 67200 | 0.6484 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 67 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 69 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 70 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 70 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 73 | Flagler College | 24300 | 61100 | 0.6021 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 73 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 75 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 76 | Heidelberg University | 24500 | 48600 | 0.496 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 77 | Norwich University | 24700 | 88400 | 0.7208 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 77 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 80 | University of St Thomas | 25000 | 50900 | 0.509 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 81 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 81 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 83 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 83 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 85 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26300 | 67800 | 0.6122 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26300 | 79400 | 0.6689 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 87 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 88 | Cleveland State University | 26900 | 37300 | 0.279 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 90 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 91 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 92 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2777 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 93 | Johnson C Smith University | 27500 | 47400 | 0.4201 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 94 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 95 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 95 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 97 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27900 | 61400 | 0.5464 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 97 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 99 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 100 | Randolph-Macon College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5936 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 101 | Cedar Crest College | 28400 | 66000 | 0.5693 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 102 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 104 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 37000 | 0.2246 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 106 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 107 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 107 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4086 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 109 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 110 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 112 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 113 | Azusa Pacific University | 30800 | 66600 | 0.5372 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | McPherson College | 30900 | 53500 | 0.4225 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 116 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 119 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 119 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 123 | University of St Thomas | 32200 | 70300 | 0.5423 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 123 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 125 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 127 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 128 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 129 | Saint Anselm College | 34300 | 73700 | 0.5345 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 129 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 131 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 132 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 132 | Fort Lewis College | 34900 | 41400 | 0.1571 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 134 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 135 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 136 | Lander University | 35200 | 37700 | 0.0664 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.406 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 139 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.3741 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 140 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 141 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 142 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 144 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 145 | Concordia University Texas | 36800 | 43600 | 0.156 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 146 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 147 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 148 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 148 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 61400 | 0.3863 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 150 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 151 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 152 | California Lutheran University | 38700 | 72800 | 0.4686 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 153 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 154 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 155 | Butler University | 39400 | 68300 | 0.4229 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 156 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 157 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.0117 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's University | 40600 | 92400 | 0.5605 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 160 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 161 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 162 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 164 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 166 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 168 | University of Delaware | 47600 | 61300 | 0.2245 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 169 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 170 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 173 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 174 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 175 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 176 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 177 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 180 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 181 | Gonzaga University | 75400 | 88600 | 0.149 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 182 | 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.