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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 2 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4068 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3909 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 15100 | 29800 | 0.4928 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 12 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 14 | Virginia Union University | 15200 | 39400 | 0.6138 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 17 | Lander University | 15800 | 24600 | 0.357 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 19 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 24600 | 0.354 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5321 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16900 | 28200 | 0.4002 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 23 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 25 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 26 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 29 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18300 | 21900 | 0.1646 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 32 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 33 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4524 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 34 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 35 | Ursuline College | 18800 | 61900 | 0.6959 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 36 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 42200 | 0.5516 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 37 | SUNY Old Westbury | 19000 | 24400 | 0.2216 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 38 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 38 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 38 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 41 | Carlow University | 19800 | 82500 | 0.7601 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19900 | 37400 | 0.4682 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 20100 | 73800 | 0.7274 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 79300 | 0.7449 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 48 | Albright College | 20400 | 49300 | 0.5861 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 20400 | 51900 | 0.6064 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 48 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 55400 | 0.6318 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 52 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 53 | Coker University | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5651 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 54 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 55 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 56 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 57 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 59 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6014 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 63 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 64 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 65 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 66 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 66 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.45 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 68 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3832 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 69 | Drury University | 23100 | 52900 | 0.5632 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 70 | Hastings College | 23700 | 63000 | 0.6238 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 71 | Hamline University | 23800 | 56500 | 0.5783 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 71 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 34100 | 0.3016 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 74 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 75 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 75 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 90700 | 0.7288 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 78 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25200 | 37900 | 0.3348 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 79 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 80 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 80 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 82 | University of St Thomas | 25900 | 50900 | 0.4914 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 84 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 85 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 86 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 86 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 88 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 88 | University of Mobile | 26600 | 48300 | 0.4489 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 90 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 93 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 94 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 54900 | 0.5078 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 95 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 97 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 98 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 99 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 28500 | 0.0245 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 99 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 99 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2722 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 99 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 104 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 105 | North Central College | 28500 | 64900 | 0.5609 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 105 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 107 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5342 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | Webster University | 28700 | 54700 | 0.4755 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 110 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 111 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 113 | Flagler College | 29200 | 61200 | 0.5227 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 115 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 59400 | 0.5033 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 117 | Marquette University | 29700 | 63800 | 0.5346 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 118 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 119 | Regis University | 30200 | 67200 | 0.5502 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 120 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3956 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 124 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31400 | 77600 | 0.5952 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 124 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 126 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1899 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 128 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 129 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 131 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32300 | 68600 | 0.5292 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 132 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 133 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 134 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 135 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 135 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 137 | Assumption University | 34000 | 74400 | 0.5427 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 138 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | Siena University | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4625 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 35300 | 56900 | 0.3793 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 147 | California Lutheran University | 35700 | 70000 | 0.4902 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 148 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 148 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 154 | LeTourneau University | 38200 | 54800 | 0.3031 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 156 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 157 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 157 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 159 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39200 | 46600 | 0.1588 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 162 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 164 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 164 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39600 | 73700 | 0.4626 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 168 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 53200 | 0.2482 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 169 | Arkansas State University | 40200 | 41000 | 0.0195 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 170 | St. John Fisher University | 40300 | 62500 | 0.3552 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 171 | Champlain College | 40800 | 76000 | 0.4634 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 172 | Dominican University of California | 41100 | 69200 | 0.4066 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 173 | Butler University | 41200 | 72400 | 0.431 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2147 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 174 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 47700 | 0.1174 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 176 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 177 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 43500 | 46700 | 0.0685 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 178 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 184 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 185 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 186 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 187 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 70600 | 0.0297 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 190 | 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.