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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 2 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 3 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4068 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 13 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 15 | Virginia Union University | 15200 | 39400 | 0.6138 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 16 | Austin Peay State University | 15400 | 29100 | 0.4725 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 24600 | 0.354 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 21 | University of Southern Maine | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2693 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 22 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16900 | 28200 | 0.4002 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5293 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 29 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 30 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 31 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 31 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18300 | 21900 | 0.1646 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 38 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 39 | Ursuline College | 18800 | 61900 | 0.6959 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 40 | SUNY Old Westbury | 19000 | 24400 | 0.2216 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 41 | Framingham State University | 19300 | 31000 | 0.3775 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 42 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 42 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 42 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 45 | Carlow University | 19800 | 82500 | 0.7601 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 47 | Lee University | 19900 | 37500 | 0.4698 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Norwich University | 20100 | 73800 | 0.7274 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 50 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 50 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 79300 | 0.7449 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 55 | McMurry University | 20400 | 51900 | 0.6064 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 55 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 55400 | 0.6318 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5651 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 60 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 61 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 63 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 63 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 65 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6014 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 66 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 68 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 69 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 70 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.45 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3832 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 72 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 31000 | 0.2579 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 74 | Drury University | 23100 | 52900 | 0.5632 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 75 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 76 | Hastings College | 23700 | 63000 | 0.6238 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 77 | Hamline University | 23800 | 56500 | 0.5783 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 78 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 79 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 80 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 80 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 82 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 90700 | 0.7288 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 85 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25200 | 37900 | 0.3348 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 86 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 87 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 87 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 89 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 89 | University of St Thomas | 25900 | 50900 | 0.4914 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 91 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 92 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 93 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 94 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | University of Mobile | 26600 | 48300 | 0.4489 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 96 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 96 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 98 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 27000 | 0.0074 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 99 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 54900 | 0.5078 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 101 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 104 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 105 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 107 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 110 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 111 | North Central College | 28500 | 64900 | 0.5609 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 111 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 114 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5342 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 115 | Webster University | 28700 | 54700 | 0.4755 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 117 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 118 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 119 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 120 | Flagler College | 29200 | 61200 | 0.5227 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 122 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 59400 | 0.5033 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 125 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 125 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 127 | Regis University | 30200 | 67200 | 0.5502 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 128 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 128 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3956 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 130 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 30600 | 61100 | 0.4989 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 131 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 133 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31400 | 77600 | 0.5952 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 133 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 135 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1899 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 137 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 138 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 139 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32300 | 68600 | 0.5292 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 140 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 142 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 144 | Marquette University | 33200 | 66500 | 0.5007 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 145 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 146 | Lander University | 33800 | 37700 | 0.1036 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 147 | Assumption University | 34000 | 74400 | 0.5427 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 148 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 150 | Saint Anselm College | 34300 | 73700 | 0.5345 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 151 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 151 | University of Rhode Island | 34900 | 46400 | 0.2476 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 153 | Siena University | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4625 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 154 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 154 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 156 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 157 | The University of Tampa | 35300 | 56900 | 0.3793 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 158 | California Lutheran University | 35700 | 70000 | 0.4902 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 159 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 160 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 163 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38000 | 38500 | 0.013 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 164 | LeTourneau University | 38200 | 54800 | 0.3031 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 166 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 167 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 167 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 169 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 170 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 171 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 172 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 172 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 172 | Union University | 39300 | 66000 | 0.4057 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 175 | The University of Montana | 39700 | 45000 | 0.1178 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 176 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 177 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 53200 | 0.2482 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 178 | Champlain College | 40800 | 76000 | 0.4634 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 179 | Dominican University of California | 41100 | 69200 | 0.4066 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 180 | Butler University | 41200 | 72400 | 0.431 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 181 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 182 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 186 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 187 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 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 | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 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.