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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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 93000 | 0.9217 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8300 | 36700 | 0.7746 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5129 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4447 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4282 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 23300 | 0.3733 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14800 | 31300 | 0.5276 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 29300 | 0.491 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | University of Southern Maine | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3127 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 14 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 15 | Coker University | 17300 | 47800 | 0.6384 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 16 | Avila University | 17400 | 67600 | 0.7432 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 17 | Georgia Southern University | 18400 | 23800 | 0.2273 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 17 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 19 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3283 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 20 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 21 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 19300 | 36100 | 0.4659 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 22 | Framingham State University | 19300 | 31000 | 0.3775 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 24 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2819 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 25 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 26 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 27 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20000 | 25800 | 0.2247 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 29 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 29 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20500 | 33400 | 0.3867 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 31 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 20700 | 37100 | 0.4415 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 33 | University of Northern Iowa | 20800 | 24000 | 0.1334 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 34 | McMurry University | 20900 | 46600 | 0.552 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 34 | Virginia Union University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3257 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 21200 | 70800 | 0.7009 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 40 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 40 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21400 | 25300 | 0.1543 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 43 | Tabor College | 21700 | 55600 | 0.6094 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 44 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | Stockton University | 22500 | 32100 | 0.2989 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 47 | Cottey College | 22600 | 37300 | 0.3956 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 48 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22700 | 33900 | 0.3302 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 49 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 51 | Lycoming College | 22900 | 65800 | 0.6518 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 51 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4495 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 53 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23300 | 32600 | 0.2854 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 23500 | 58100 | 0.596 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 55 | The University of Alabama | 23700 | 29900 | 0.2077 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 56 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 57 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 57 | Ohio Dominican University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.551 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 60 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 61 | Hamline University | 24600 | 56500 | 0.5641 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 24700 | 44500 | 0.4446 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 62 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 64 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.547 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 65 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 66 | Heidelberg University | 25300 | 48600 | 0.4795 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 67 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 67 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 69 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25500 | 76300 | 0.666 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 70 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 70 | Flagler College | 25700 | 37800 | 0.3203 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 70 | St. Mary's University | 25700 | 55900 | 0.5404 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 73 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 73 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66500 | 0.6109 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 77 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 78 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26900 | 48900 | 0.4496 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 47100 | 0.4264 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 79 | The University of Tampa | 27000 | 56900 | 0.5251 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 79 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1135 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 83 | Saint Edward's University | 27200 | 71900 | 0.6214 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 84 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 41000 | 0.3338 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27300 | 29500 | 0.0748 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 86 | Webster University | 27400 | 54300 | 0.495 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 87 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 88 | California State University-San Marcos | 27600 | 28500 | 0.0316 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 89 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 90 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 91 | Drury University | 28000 | 52900 | 0.4706 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 93 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 94 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 94 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 96 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5338 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 97 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28800 | 32800 | 0.1218 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 97 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2141 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 99 | Assumption University | 28900 | 74400 | 0.6119 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 99 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 101 | Regis University | 29100 | 67200 | 0.5666 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 102 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 103 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 104 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29700 | 38000 | 0.2187 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 104 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 106 | Le Moyne College | 29800 | 53700 | 0.4452 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 107 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 108 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 109 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 110 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3951 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 112 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 112 | Lander University | 30500 | 37000 | 0.1757 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 112 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 115 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 116 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 120 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 121 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 123 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 124 | University of Rhode Island | 32100 | 46700 | 0.3126 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 125 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 126 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 127 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 128 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 129 | Emmanuel College | 33800 | 68300 | 0.5054 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 129 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33800 | 68400 | 0.5059 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 131 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54600 | 0.3791 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 132 | Saint Anselm College | 34100 | 73700 | 0.5373 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 135 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34500 | 46200 | 0.2534 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 137 | St. John Fisher University | 34700 | 63700 | 0.4554 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 137 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 139 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 141 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.406 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 143 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 144 | Mercer University | 36200 | 60500 | 0.4017 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 144 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 146 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.5272 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 148 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Texas | 37500 | 43600 | 0.14 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 150 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2629 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 150 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37600 | 44100 | 0.1473 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 152 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 153 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 154 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 155 | Hofstra University | 39200 | 74600 | 0.4744 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 156 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 157 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 48900 | 0.1901 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 158 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 158 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 160 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 161 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 162 | Marquette University | 41800 | 75100 | 0.4435 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 163 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45700 | 0.0844 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 163 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Old Dominion University | 42000 | 52400 | 0.1983 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 166 | Saint Joseph's University | 42600 | 74500 | 0.4281 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 168 | Butler University | 43500 | 64500 | 0.3255 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 44100 | 45600 | 0.0329 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 171 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47700 | 58800 | 0.1888 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 173 | University of St Thomas | 49900 | 70300 | 0.2904 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 55500 | 64800 | 0.1435 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 181 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.