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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8800 | 36700 | 0.7606 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 93000 | 0.8733 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13000 | 37100 | 0.6491 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 14100 | 23300 | 0.3948 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5019 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15300 | 19300 | 0.2073 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 16 | Coker University | 17100 | 44900 | 0.6199 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 17 | Avila University | 17200 | 67600 | 0.7461 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 18 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4794 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3832 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 20 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4762 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 21 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 23 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19000 | 27000 | 0.2967 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 24 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 25 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 26 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 26 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 26 | University of West Georgia | 20000 | 23600 | 0.1523 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 29 | Lee University | 20300 | 37100 | 0.4523 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 30 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 30 | McMurry University | 20600 | 46600 | 0.5584 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 30 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 33 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 34 | Niagara University | 21000 | 57400 | 0.6339 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 35 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 36 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 38 | Northern Arizona University | 21600 | 32000 | 0.3262 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 39 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 40 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 41 | Cottey College | 22200 | 37300 | 0.4063 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43800 | 0.4907 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22400 | 33900 | 0.339 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6594 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 22500 | 35300 | 0.363 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 47 | Upper Iowa University | 22600 | 41700 | 0.4586 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 48 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23100 | 32600 | 0.2915 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 51 | Carlow University | 23300 | 58100 | 0.5994 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 52 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 53 | Ohio Dominican University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5529 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 54 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 55 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 56 | Hamline University | 24300 | 56500 | 0.5694 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 56 | University of Mobile | 24300 | 44500 | 0.4535 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 58 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 59 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 60 | University of Lynchburg | 24800 | 54900 | 0.5483 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 61 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 61 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24900 | 76300 | 0.6739 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 61 | Heidelberg University | 24900 | 48600 | 0.4877 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 66 | Old Dominion University | 25000 | 32100 | 0.2213 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 66 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 68 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25100 | 62200 | 0.5969 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 69 | Southern Wesleyan University | 25300 | 46200 | 0.4519 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 70 | Flagler College | 25400 | 37800 | 0.3283 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 70 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 70 | Rosemont College | 25400 | 38100 | 0.3326 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 73 | St. Mary's University | 25500 | 55900 | 0.544 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 75 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 76 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 76 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66300 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 79 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 47100 | 0.4349 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 80 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26600 | 48900 | 0.4557 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 82 | Randolph-Macon College | 26700 | 69200 | 0.614 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 83 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 84 | Saint Edward's University | 26900 | 71900 | 0.6255 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 85 | Huntington University | 27000 | 44300 | 0.3909 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 87 | The University of Tampa | 27200 | 56900 | 0.5216 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 87 | Webster University | 27200 | 54300 | 0.4987 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 89 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 90 | Capital University | 27400 | 68600 | 0.6007 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 90 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 90 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 93 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27500 | 40900 | 0.3278 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 94 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 94 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6096 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2232 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 99 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5406 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 100 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2602 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 101 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 103 | Assumption University | 28700 | 74400 | 0.6146 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 105 | Regis University | 28900 | 67200 | 0.5696 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 107 | Emmanuel College | 29100 | 68300 | 0.5742 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 108 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 109 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29400 | 38000 | 0.2266 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 110 | University of Denver | 29500 | 76800 | 0.6158 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29700 | 37200 | 0.1998 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 114 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 114 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4024 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 117 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 117 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 119 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 120 | Lander University | 30600 | 37000 | 0.173 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 121 | St Bonaventure University | 30700 | 61000 | 0.4964 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 125 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 126 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 127 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 128 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 129 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 132 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33100 | 40400 | 0.1805 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 134 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33500 | 68400 | 0.5103 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 135 | Coastal Carolina University | 33600 | 44700 | 0.2481 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 142 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 143 | St. John Fisher University | 34500 | 63700 | 0.4585 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 144 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 147 | University of Southern Maine | 36200 | 37100 | 0.0243 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0541 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 152 | Concordia University Texas | 37100 | 43600 | 0.1491 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 153 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37500 | 44100 | 0.1496 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 154 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 156 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2603 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 157 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39300 | 48900 | 0.1963 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 161 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 162 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 163 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 166 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0855 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 167 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3445 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 168 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 169 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 52900 | 0.1871 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 170 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 43400 | 64500 | 0.327 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 172 | Marquette University | 45600 | 75100 | 0.3929 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 173 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47500 | 58800 | 0.1922 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 174 | University of St Thomas | 50000 | 70300 | 0.289 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | 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.