Recent Articles
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 Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 2 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12100 | 20500 | 0.4085 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 7 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13000 | 19300 | 0.3264 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 25800 | 0.446 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14800 | 24700 | 0.4016 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 39400 | 0.6214 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 17 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 15100 | 29800 | 0.4928 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 19 | University of St Thomas | 15300 | 50900 | 0.6997 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 20 | Lander University | 15400 | 24700 | 0.374 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3988 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 22 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3981 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 25 | University of Southern Maine | 16500 | 23000 | 0.2823 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5401 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 26 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4108 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 28 | Arkansas State University | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4059 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 30 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 32 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17500 | 26900 | 0.3495 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 34 | University of Lynchburg | 17800 | 54900 | 0.676 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 36 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 37 | Tabor College | 18000 | 54400 | 0.6694 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 38 | Central Connecticut State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4671 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 40 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2693 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 42 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.2298 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 43 | Framingham State University | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3872 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 44 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19300 | 68100 | 0.7168 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 45 | Carlow University | 19600 | 57800 | 0.661 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 46 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 46 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 46 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 46 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 50 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 51 | McMurry University | 19900 | 51900 | 0.6161 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19900 | 62200 | 0.6809 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20100 | 72100 | 0.721 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | Coker University | 20500 | 44900 | 0.5441 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 58 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 59 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7012 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 59 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 61 | Assumption University | 21300 | 74400 | 0.7134 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 62 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 66 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 68 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 68 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6596 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 22500 | 41700 | 0.4589 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Cottey College | 22600 | 37300 | 0.3933 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 73 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 74 | Ohio Dominican University | 23100 | 55400 | 0.5831 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 75 | Hamline University | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5889 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 77 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 23900 | 47100 | 0.4938 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 67400 | 0.6429 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 80 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 81 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 82 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 83 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25100 | 34400 | 0.2701 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25500 | 37900 | 0.3269 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 87 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 88 | Hastings College | 25900 | 63000 | 0.5889 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 88 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 88 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 91 | Seattle Pacific University | 26200 | 70000 | 0.6257 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 92 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 92 | Heidelberg University | 26400 | 48600 | 0.4569 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 92 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 92 | University of Mobile | 26400 | 48300 | 0.4531 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 96 | Huntington University | 26500 | 44300 | 0.4016 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 97 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 97 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 54900 | 0.515 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 97 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 100 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 101 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 101 | St Bonaventure University | 26800 | 61200 | 0.562 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 101 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26800 | 37200 | 0.2793 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 104 | Clemson University | 26900 | 37100 | 0.2769 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 105 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 105 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 107 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 109 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 113 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5407 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 116 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69300 | 0.5871 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 116 | Webster University | 28600 | 54700 | 0.4774 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 118 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4764 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 120 | University of Denver | 29500 | 76900 | 0.6167 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 120 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 122 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4026 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 123 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 124 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 126 | Dominican University of California | 30500 | 69200 | 0.5595 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 128 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31000 | 77600 | 0.6003 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 128 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 130 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 130 | Saint Michael's College | 31600 | 68500 | 0.539 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 132 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3855 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 134 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31800 | 68600 | 0.5364 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 134 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32100 | 45700 | 0.2978 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 139 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 140 | Marquette University | 32500 | 66500 | 0.5112 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 141 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4267 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 143 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 144 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 145 | University of Rhode Island | 33200 | 46400 | 0.2842 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 146 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 147 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 147 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 149 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 150 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 150 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 153 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 154 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 155 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 156 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 157 | University of the Pacific | 35500 | 71500 | 0.5038 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 158 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 159 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 159 | Siena College | 36200 | 65100 | 0.444 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 161 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 162 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 163 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 165 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 166 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 167 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 167 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 169 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39000 | 46600 | 0.163 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 170 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 171 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 171 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 173 | Saint Anselm College | 39700 | 73700 | 0.4612 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 174 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 41100 | 67900 | 0.3949 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 53600 | 0.2296 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 177 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42100 | 53200 | 0.2087 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 180 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 181 | University at Buffalo | 44000 | 46700 | 0.0578 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 182 | The University of Montana | 44200 | 45000 | 0.0178 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 183 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 187 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 188 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 190 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 191 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 76600 | 0.0783 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 194 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.