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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3907 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 11 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 11 | Western Kentucky University | 13600 | 27000 | 0.4979 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Virginia Union University | 15200 | 39400 | 0.6138 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | University of St Thomas | 15700 | 50900 | 0.6918 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 22 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5282 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17000 | 28200 | 0.3967 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 26 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 29 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17800 | 26900 | 0.3384 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Tabor College | 18000 | 54400 | 0.6694 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 31 | University of Lynchburg | 18000 | 54900 | 0.6718 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 33 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26600 | 0.3199 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 35 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 36 | Central Connecticut State University | 18800 | 34000 | 0.4466 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 42200 | 0.5516 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 37 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 39 | The University of Montana | 19200 | 25200 | 0.2378 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19500 | 68100 | 0.7139 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 41 | Carlow University | 19700 | 57800 | 0.6593 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 41 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 41 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 44 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 44 | Lee University | 19900 | 37400 | 0.4682 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 20200 | 51900 | 0.6103 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 48 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 62200 | 0.6756 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 52 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20300 | 72100 | 0.7183 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 55 | Coker University | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5651 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 56 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7008 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 57 | Albright College | 21100 | 49300 | 0.5719 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 58 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 59 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 60 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3764 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 64 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22500 | 48900 | 0.5395 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 66 | Lycoming College | 22900 | 65800 | 0.6522 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 66 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 66 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1211 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 66 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4499 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 70 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3832 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 71 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 34100 | 0.322 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 72 | Ohio Dominican University | 23300 | 55400 | 0.5795 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 73 | Hamline University | 23400 | 56500 | 0.5854 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 75 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 76 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6354 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 77 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 79 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 81 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 85 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25700 | 37900 | 0.3216 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 86 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 88 | Hastings College | 26100 | 63000 | 0.5857 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 89 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 89 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 89 | St. Mary's University | 26500 | 59800 | 0.557 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 92 | Heidelberg University | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4527 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 92 | University of Mobile | 26600 | 48300 | 0.4489 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 94 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 70000 | 0.6186 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 95 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 54900 | 0.5078 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | St Bonaventure University | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 96 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 100 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 100 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 102 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27500 | 62400 | 0.5592 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 105 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0942 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 106 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5342 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 110 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 112 | Hiram College | 28800 | 48700 | 0.4085 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 112 | Webster University | 28800 | 54700 | 0.4737 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 114 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 114 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 120 | Marquette University | 29700 | 63800 | 0.5346 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 121 | Assumption University | 30200 | 74400 | 0.5938 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 123 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 123 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 125 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3955 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | Dominican University of California | 30900 | 69200 | 0.5536 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 129 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 130 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 131 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | Lebanon Valley College | 31800 | 72400 | 0.561 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 133 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 134 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32200 | 68600 | 0.5306 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 136 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 137 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4267 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 138 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 138 | North Central College | 33000 | 64900 | 0.4916 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 33400 | 71400 | 0.5322 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 142 | University of Rhode Island | 33600 | 46400 | 0.2756 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 143 | Lander University | 33800 | 37700 | 0.1036 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 143 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 145 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 146 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 146 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 34600 | 56400 | 0.3863 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 150 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 151 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 152 | University of the Pacific | 35500 | 71500 | 0.5038 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 153 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 154 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 36000 | 61100 | 0.4108 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 156 | Siena College | 36600 | 65100 | 0.4379 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.079 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 158 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1543 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 158 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 160 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 161 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 162 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 163 | Hofstra University | 38400 | 76900 | 0.5006 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 165 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 166 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 167 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39200 | 46600 | 0.1588 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 168 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 169 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 169 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 171 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 174 | St. John Fisher University | 40400 | 62500 | 0.3536 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 40900 | 67900 | 0.3978 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 177 | Manhattan University | 43400 | 74100 | 0.4142 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 178 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 179 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 180 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 181 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 182 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 185 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 186 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 188 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 76600 | 0.0783 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75600 | 0.049 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 193 | 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.