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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | University of Southern Maine | 11700 | 23000 | 0.4908 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12400 | 21100 | 0.4133 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12900 | 19600 | 0.3411 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 13300 | 31200 | 0.5743 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14700 | 24300 | 0.3944 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15100 | 25700 | 0.412 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15300 | 24900 | 0.3849 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 15300 | 26700 | 0.4277 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28000 | 0.4497 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4163 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 22 | Lander University | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3692 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4955 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 24 | Avila University | 15700 | 67500 | 0.7674 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 25 | California State University-San Marcos | 15800 | 24700 | 0.361 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 25 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 27 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 29900 | 0.4612 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 28 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 29 | Coker University | 16500 | 47800 | 0.6551 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 29 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 29 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 32 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 32000 | 0.467 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 34 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17300 | 86700 | 0.8007 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 34 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17300 | 47600 | 0.637 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17400 | 44000 | 0.6051 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 36 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 38 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3479 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17700 | 29500 | 0.3998 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18400 | 36500 | 0.4962 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 43 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 44 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4527 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 46 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 46400 | 0.5965 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 48 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3294 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 48 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18900 | 24400 | 0.2257 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 50 | Lee University | 19300 | 37500 | 0.4858 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 51 | The University of Montana | 19500 | 25200 | 0.2259 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 52 | McMurry University | 19600 | 60400 | 0.6753 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 24900 | 0.213 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 19800 | 79300 | 0.7499 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 54 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 56 | Hastings College | 19900 | 71100 | 0.7201 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 57 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 58 | Ohio Dominican University | 20500 | 65800 | 0.688 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20800 | 71400 | 0.7091 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 61 | St. Mary's University | 20900 | 70300 | 0.7029 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 61 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 63 | University of Mobile | 21000 | 56900 | 0.6304 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 65 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 66 | Virginia Union University | 21500 | 38800 | 0.4463 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 67 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5529 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 67 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 67 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 67 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 71 | Hamline University | 21900 | 56500 | 0.6119 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21900 | 53000 | 0.5873 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 73 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22200 | 28200 | 0.2131 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 76 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 77 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 78 | Lycoming College | 22900 | 65800 | 0.6519 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 78 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 78 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4496 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 81 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3828 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 82 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23200 | 78600 | 0.7052 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 83 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23600 | 68400 | 0.6551 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 83 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 85 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 86 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 87 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 87 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 87 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 90 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 90 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24500 | 48900 | 0.4986 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 92 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 93 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 94 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 95 | Heidelberg University | 25300 | 48600 | 0.4795 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 96 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 80400 | 0.6839 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 97 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 98 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 99 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 99 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 101 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26600 | 61400 | 0.566 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 103 | Seattle Pacific University | 26800 | 77000 | 0.6523 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 104 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26900 | 79400 | 0.6614 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 104 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61100 | 0.5596 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 107 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 107 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 67800 | 0.6019 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 107 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 110 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 111 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 47400 | 0.4243 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 114 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 115 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 116 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6102 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 27900 | 70000 | 0.6017 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 117 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 117 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 121 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 122 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 123 | Marquette University | 28500 | 66200 | 0.5692 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 123 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 125 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5339 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 125 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 125 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 128 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 129 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 130 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 131 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 132 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 133 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 30000 | 59200 | 0.4934 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 134 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 135 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3952 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 136 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 137 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 137 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 137 | Dominican University of California | 30900 | 69200 | 0.5533 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 140 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51200 | 0.3946 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 141 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 142 | University of St Thomas | 31400 | 70300 | 0.5537 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 143 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 144 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 145 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 146 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 147 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 147 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 147 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 150 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4268 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 151 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 152 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 153 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 154 | Saint Anselm College | 34500 | 73700 | 0.5318 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 155 | Barry University | 35000 | 56400 | 0.3792 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 155 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 155 | Hofstra University | 35000 | 77000 | 0.5453 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 155 | Siena College | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4625 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 159 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 160 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 161 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 162 | University of the Pacific | 36400 | 71500 | 0.4912 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 163 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 164 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 165 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 166 | Union University | 37400 | 64100 | 0.4157 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 167 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 167 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 169 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 170 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38800 | 61600 | 0.3698 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 171 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 172 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 172 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 174 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 175 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40600 | 0.0071 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 175 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 177 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 40900 | 68300 | 0.4009 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 181 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 187 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 189 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72600 | 74700 | 0.0281 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 194 | Gonzaga University | 75100 | 77800 | 0.0347 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.