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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 | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5126 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 12100 | 93000 | 0.8701 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 13600 | 25900 | 0.4757 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14700 | 25800 | 0.4273 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 24900 | 0.4009 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4912 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15400 | 19300 | 0.2021 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 17 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 19 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 16800 | 26000 | 0.3534 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 22 | Coker University | 17300 | 47800 | 0.6384 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 22 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 24 | Avila University | 17400 | 67600 | 0.7432 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18200 | 29800 | 0.3899 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 29 | Fort Lewis College | 18700 | 29100 | 0.3578 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 29 | Framingham State University | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3969 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 29 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.479 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 33 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6376 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 35 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19500 | 25800 | 0.2441 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 37 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 38 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 39 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 41 | Lee University | 20700 | 37300 | 0.4432 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 42 | McMurry University | 20900 | 46600 | 0.552 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 42 | Virginia Union University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3257 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 21000 | 23300 | 0.0987 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 46 | Niagara University | 21200 | 57400 | 0.6304 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 47 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 50 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5538 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 51 | Northern Arizona University | 21900 | 32000 | 0.3164 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 52 | Stockton University | 22000 | 32100 | 0.3145 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 52 | Tabor College | 22000 | 55600 | 0.604 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 54 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44100 | 0.4944 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 55 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3959 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 57 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22700 | 33900 | 0.3302 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 58 | Lycoming College | 22900 | 65800 | 0.652 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 58 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 58 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4497 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 61 | Carlow University | 23500 | 58100 | 0.596 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23500 | 35400 | 0.3357 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 64 | Ohio Dominican University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.551 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 64 | Wells College | 24000 | 54500 | 0.5595 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 66 | Saint Anselm College | 24300 | 73700 | 0.6703 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 67 | Old Dominion University | 24400 | 32100 | 0.24 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 68 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5814 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 69 | Hamline University | 24600 | 56500 | 0.5641 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 70 | University of Mobile | 24700 | 44500 | 0.4446 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 70 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 72 | The University of Tampa | 24900 | 56900 | 0.562 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 72 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.5464 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 76 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 77 | Western Kentucky University | 25200 | 26800 | 0.0598 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 78 | Heidelberg University | 25300 | 48600 | 0.4795 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25400 | 76300 | 0.6673 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 79 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 79 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 82 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 82 | St. Mary's University | 25700 | 55900 | 0.5404 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 84 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 85 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 85 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 85 | Rosemont College | 26000 | 38100 | 0.3158 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 88 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 89 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 90 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 91 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26900 | 48900 | 0.4496 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 92 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 47100 | 0.4264 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 93 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 94 | Saint Edward's University | 27200 | 71900 | 0.6214 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 95 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 41000 | 0.3338 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 96 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | Webster University | 27400 | 54300 | 0.495 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 98 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 99 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27600 | 40900 | 0.3254 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 100 | McPherson College | 27700 | 47600 | 0.4184 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 27800 | 37800 | 0.2647 | 2,409 | 1100 | 0.8076 | |
| 101 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6096 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 103 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 104 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 104 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2232 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 106 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.534 | 1,833 | 1153 | 0.7381 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | Assumption University | 28900 | 74400 | 0.6119 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | Regis University | 29100 | 67200 | 0.5666 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 112 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 113 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 114 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 115 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 116 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 116 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 118 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 118 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 120 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4481 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 120 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 122 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3953 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 123 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 123 | Lander University | 30500 | 37000 | 0.1757 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 125 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 126 | St Bonaventure University | 30700 | 61000 | 0.4964 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 127 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 129 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 130 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 131 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 132 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68400 | 0.5348 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 135 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 32800 | 59200 | 0.446 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 137 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 138 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5068 | 1,909 | 1260 | 0.7565 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 140 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33800 | 68400 | 0.5059 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 144 | St. John Fisher University | 34700 | 63700 | 0.4554 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 144 | University of Denver | 34700 | 76800 | 0.5481 | 6,619 | 1349 | 0.7729 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 146 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 148 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 149 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0541 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 36500 | 37100 | 0.0162 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 154 | Concordia University Texas | 37400 | 43600 | 0.1423 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 155 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 155 | Union University | 37500 | 64100 | 0.4147 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2623 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 157 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37600 | 44100 | 0.1473 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 157 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 160 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.529 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 161 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 163 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 164 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 165 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 166 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 167 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's University | 42600 | 74500 | 0.4281 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 170 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 171 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 52900 | 0.1834 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 43500 | 64500 | 0.3255 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | Marquette University | 45500 | 75100 | 0.3942 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47700 | 58800 | 0.1888 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 49900 | 70300 | 0.2904 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 180 | University of California-Irvine | 55500 | 64800 | 0.1435 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 181 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 182 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 183 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 184 | 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.