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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 Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12800 | 24900 | 0.4851 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 25800 | 0.4369 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 13 | Virginia Union University | 15200 | 39400 | 0.6138 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 14 | Austin Peay State University | 15500 | 29100 | 0.469 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 15 | University of St Thomas | 15700 | 50900 | 0.6918 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 16 | Lander University | 15800 | 24600 | 0.357 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 17 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.529 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 18 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17000 | 28200 | 0.3967 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 18 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 21 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 17500 | 40900 | 0.5719 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 25 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 26 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 27 | Tabor College | 18000 | 54400 | 0.6694 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 27 | University of Lynchburg | 18000 | 54900 | 0.6723 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 31 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 32 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 33 | Central Connecticut State University | 18800 | 34000 | 0.4466 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 34 | Framingham State University | 19300 | 31000 | 0.3775 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 35 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19500 | 68100 | 0.7139 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 36 | Carlow University | 19600 | 57800 | 0.661 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 37 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 37 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 37 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 37 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1782 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 41 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 42 | Lee University | 19900 | 37500 | 0.4698 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 43 | McMurry University | 20200 | 51900 | 0.6103 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20300 | 72100 | 0.7183 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20300 | 62200 | 0.6745 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 47 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 48 | Coker University | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5651 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 50 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 21000 | 70000 | 0.6998 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 51 | University of Memphis | 21500 | 29600 | 0.274 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 52 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 54 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 54 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 57 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 58 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22500 | 48900 | 0.5395 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 58 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 60 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 61 | Lycoming College | 22900 | 65800 | 0.6522 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 61 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.45 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 63 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3832 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 64 | Ohio Dominican University | 23300 | 55400 | 0.5795 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 65 | Hamline University | 23400 | 56500 | 0.5854 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 68 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6354 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 68 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 70 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 71 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 71 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 73 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.4101 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 77 | Western Kentucky University | 25700 | 27000 | 0.0481 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 78 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 79 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 80 | Hastings College | 26100 | 63000 | 0.5857 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 81 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 82 | St. Mary's University | 26500 | 59800 | 0.557 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 83 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 83 | Heidelberg University | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4527 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 83 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 83 | University of Mobile | 26600 | 48300 | 0.449 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 87 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 70000 | 0.6186 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 88 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26800 | 37200 | 0.2793 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 54900 | 0.5078 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 89 | Flagler College | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 89 | St Bonaventure University | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 89 | University of Central Arkansas | 27000 | 31200 | 0.137 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 93 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 93 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 95 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27500 | 62400 | 0.5592 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 97 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0947 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 99 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 100 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 102 | California State University-San Marcos | 28500 | 38300 | 0.2558 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 102 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 106 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5342 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 107 | Webster University | 28800 | 54700 | 0.4737 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 108 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 109 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4746 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 113 | Marquette University | 29700 | 63800 | 0.5346 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 114 | Assumption University | 30000 | 74400 | 0.5965 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 115 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 116 | Otterbein University | 30200 | 57300 | 0.4729 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 117 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 118 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3955 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Dominican University of California | 30900 | 69200 | 0.5536 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 122 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51600 | 0.3993 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 123 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 124 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 31500 | 68500 | 0.5404 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1897 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 127 | Lebanon Valley College | 31800 | 72400 | 0.561 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 127 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 129 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 130 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 132 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32300 | 68600 | 0.5292 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 133 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 134 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 135 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 136 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 136 | Emmanuel College | 33400 | 71400 | 0.5322 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 138 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 139 | University of Rhode Island | 33600 | 46400 | 0.2756 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 140 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33900 | 40900 | 0.1711 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 143 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 143 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 145 | Saint Anselm College | 34300 | 73700 | 0.5345 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 150 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 151 | The University of Tampa | 35400 | 56900 | 0.3775 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 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 North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 157 | Siena College | 36600 | 65100 | 0.4379 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 158 | California State University-Fresno | 37100 | 43800 | 0.1531 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 158 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 160 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0806 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 162 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 38400 | 76900 | 0.5006 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 165 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 166 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 167 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39200 | 46600 | 0.1588 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 167 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 169 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 169 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 169 | Union University | 39300 | 66000 | 0.4055 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 174 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 40900 | 67900 | 0.3978 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 53600 | 0.2165 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 177 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42400 | 53200 | 0.203 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | Manhattan University | 43400 | 74100 | 0.4142 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 180 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 181 | The University of Montana | 44100 | 45000 | 0.02 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 182 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46500 | 56300 | 0.1741 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 48600 | 63700 | 0.2372 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 187 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 188 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 76600 | 0.0783 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 194 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75600 | 0.049 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 195 | 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.