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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12100 | 20500 | 0.4086 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12500 | 24900 | 0.4972 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13000 | 19300 | 0.3264 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 12 | Western Kentucky University | 13300 | 27000 | 0.5079 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14800 | 24700 | 0.4016 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 15 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14800 | 28200 | 0.4751 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 17 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 39400 | 0.6214 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 16500 | 27200 | 0.3942 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 16500 | 23000 | 0.2823 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4108 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 26 | Arkansas State University | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4059 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 27 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 28 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17400 | 29800 | 0.4156 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 31 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 33 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 33 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 35 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26600 | 0.3274 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4701 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 38 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 40 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2693 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 42 | Ursuline College | 18600 | 61900 | 0.6991 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 43 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.2298 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 44 | The University of Montana | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2458 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 44 | University of Idaho | 19000 | 45200 | 0.5791 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 46 | Carlow University | 19700 | 82500 | 0.7613 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 46 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 46 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 46 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 50 | Lee University | 19800 | 37400 | 0.4709 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19900 | 79300 | 0.7487 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 54 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 54 | McMurry University | 20100 | 51900 | 0.6122 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 56 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 57 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 57 | Ohio Dominican University | 20300 | 55400 | 0.6336 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 20500 | 44900 | 0.5443 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 61 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 62 | College of Charleston | 21400 | 33900 | 0.3692 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 63 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21500 | 48900 | 0.5599 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 64 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 65 | University of Lynchburg | 21700 | 54900 | 0.6051 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21700 | 35300 | 0.3849 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 68 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 68 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 72 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 73 | Upper Iowa University | 22500 | 41700 | 0.4589 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 75 | Cottey College | 22600 | 37300 | 0.3934 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 76 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 77 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 78 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 79 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 79 | Hastings College | 23500 | 63000 | 0.627 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 81 | Hamline University | 23700 | 56500 | 0.5801 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 82 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 82 | Southern Wesleyan University | 23900 | 47100 | 0.494 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 84 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 86 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 86 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 88 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 89 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 90 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 91 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 92 | University of St Thomas | 25600 | 50900 | 0.4972 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 93 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 94 | Heidelberg University | 25900 | 48600 | 0.4671 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 94 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 94 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 97 | Northern Arizona University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3923 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 98 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 99 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 99 | University of Mobile | 26400 | 48300 | 0.4531 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 101 | Huntington University | 26500 | 44300 | 0.4016 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 101 | St Bonaventure University | 26500 | 61200 | 0.5669 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 54900 | 0.515 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 103 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 105 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 106 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 107 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 108 | Capital University | 27200 | 62400 | 0.564 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 109 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 110 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 111 | Assumption University | 27800 | 74400 | 0.626 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 111 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 114 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 115 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5408 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 116 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 116 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 118 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69300 | 0.5871 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 118 | North Central College | 28600 | 64900 | 0.5594 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 118 | Webster University | 28600 | 54700 | 0.4774 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 121 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 122 | Flagler College | 28900 | 61200 | 0.5276 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 59400 | 0.505 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 123 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 125 | Regis University | 29700 | 67200 | 0.5577 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 126 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4026 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 127 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 127 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 129 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 131 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 132 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 134 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 135 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 136 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3857 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 138 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31800 | 68600 | 0.5364 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 138 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 141 | Marquette University | 32900 | 66500 | 0.5052 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 142 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 33100 | 76900 | 0.5699 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 145 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 146 | Lander University | 33900 | 37700 | 0.1009 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 147 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 148 | University of Rhode Island | 34500 | 46400 | 0.2563 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 149 | Siena University | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 150 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 151 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 151 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 153 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 154 | California Lutheran University | 35400 | 70000 | 0.4945 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 154 | The University of Tampa | 35400 | 56900 | 0.3775 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 156 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 156 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35900 | 61100 | 0.4131 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 158 | Hofstra University | 36500 | 76900 | 0.5253 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 159 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 160 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 162 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37700 | 38500 | 0.0208 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 164 | LeTourneau University | 38300 | 54800 | 0.3013 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 165 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 166 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 166 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 168 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 39700 | 73700 | 0.4612 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 174 | Dominican University of California | 40800 | 69200 | 0.4109 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 175 | Champlain College | 41000 | 76000 | 0.4608 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41300 | 72400 | 0.4297 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 177 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41400 | 53600 | 0.2277 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | University at Buffalo | 43400 | 46700 | 0.0707 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 180 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3375 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 181 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 182 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 185 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 186 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 70600 | 0.0297 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 191 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 192 | 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.