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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 North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 8400 | 92900 | 0.9098 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5146 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12200 | 18700 | 0.3479 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12700 | 51900 | 0.7557 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 31200 | 0.5903 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30700 | 0.5297 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14600 | 19300 | 0.2435 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 28000 | 0.4675 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14900 | 45100 | 0.669 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3969 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 38300 | 0.6082 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 23 | Avila University | 15400 | 67500 | 0.7718 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 25 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 26 | Coker University | 16400 | 44900 | 0.6354 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 26 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16400 | 42300 | 0.6121 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 29 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16700 | 76300 | 0.7814 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 31800 | 0.469 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17000 | 47600 | 0.6433 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 33 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17500 | 29500 | 0.4065 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 33900 | 0.478 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4703 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 38 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3146 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 39 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 39 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 41 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18700 | 28200 | 0.3365 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 42 | Stockton University | 18800 | 32100 | 0.4141 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 42 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.2298 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 44 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 44 | Lee University | 18900 | 37400 | 0.495 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 46 | University of Idaho | 19200 | 45200 | 0.5747 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 46 | University of West Georgia | 19200 | 48000 | 0.6003 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 19300 | 60400 | 0.6803 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | Hastings College | 19600 | 71100 | 0.7243 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 50 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 51 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 52 | Carlow University | 20100 | 68200 | 0.7053 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 53 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 53 | St. Mary's University | 20700 | 70300 | 0.7058 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 53 | University of Mobile | 20700 | 56900 | 0.6357 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 56 | Ohio Dominican University | 21100 | 65800 | 0.6789 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 57 | Hamline University | 21200 | 56500 | 0.6243 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 57 | Virginia Union University | 21200 | 38800 | 0.4541 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 53000 | 0.5949 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 60 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 61 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 61 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 61 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.5999 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 64 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 65 | Cottey College | 22200 | 37300 | 0.4061 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 66 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6592 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 68 | Assumption University | 22500 | 91300 | 0.7533 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 69 | Upper Iowa University | 22600 | 41700 | 0.4584 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 70 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 71 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 72 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23300 | 68400 | 0.6594 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 73 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 74 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 75 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 75 | Regis University | 23700 | 67200 | 0.6469 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 75 | Saint Edward's University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7421 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 78 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 79 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 80 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24200 | 48900 | 0.5048 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 81 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 81 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 83 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 84 | Flagler College | 24600 | 61100 | 0.5972 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 85 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 24800 | 88400 | 0.7197 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 24900 | 48600 | 0.4877 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 88 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25000 | 80400 | 0.6889 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 88 | University of St Thomas | 25000 | 50900 | 0.509 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 90 | Southern Wesleyan University | 25200 | 46200 | 0.4547 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 91 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 93 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 95 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 67800 | 0.6078 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26600 | 79400 | 0.6652 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 98 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 99 | Clemson University | 26900 | 37100 | 0.2748 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 99 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 99 | Huntington University | 26900 | 44300 | 0.3929 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 102 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27400 | 80300 | 0.6589 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 107 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 28100 | 66200 | 0.5753 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 108 | Randolph-Macon College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5936 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5404 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | Cedar Crest College | 28500 | 66000 | 0.5678 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 113 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2493 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 115 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 116 | University of Denver | 29300 | 76800 | 0.6181 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 117 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 118 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4022 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 119 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 120 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 30800 | 66600 | 0.5372 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | McPherson College | 31100 | 53500 | 0.4188 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 125 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 125 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 127 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 128 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 128 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 131 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 132 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 133 | University of St Thomas | 32300 | 70300 | 0.5409 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 136 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 137 | Saint Anselm College | 34200 | 73700 | 0.5359 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 138 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 139 | Fort Lewis College | 34900 | 41400 | 0.1571 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 143 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.406 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 144 | Lander University | 35500 | 37700 | 0.0584 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 144 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 147 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 150 | Old Dominion University | 36600 | 36600 | 0 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 151 | Concordia University Texas | 37200 | 43600 | 0.1469 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 152 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 154 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 61400 | 0.3863 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 157 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 158 | California Lutheran University | 38600 | 72800 | 0.4699 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 160 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 160 | Butler University | 39300 | 68300 | 0.4243 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 162 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 163 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0093 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 164 | Saint Joseph's University | 40700 | 92400 | 0.5594 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 165 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 167 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 168 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1948 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 169 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 170 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 171 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 173 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 174 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 75300 | 88600 | 0.1501 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 79300 | 82500 | 0.0388 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.