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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 2 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 69,749 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 39,727 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10200 | 10300 | 0.0106 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11700 | 19400 | 0.3967 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12300 | 20500 | 0.3996 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 12 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5173 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 19 | Virginia Union University | 15000 | 39400 | 0.6189 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 21 | Lander University | 15600 | 24600 | 0.3651 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5365 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 26 | University of Southern Maine | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2736 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 28 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16800 | 28200 | 0.4038 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17000 | 29900 | 0.4305 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 30 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 35 | University of Lynchburg | 17900 | 54900 | 0.6736 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 36 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 36 | Tabor College | 18000 | 54400 | 0.6694 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18100 | 21900 | 0.1737 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28700 | 0.3678 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4554 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 43 | Framingham State University | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3808 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 44 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 45 | Carlow University | 19600 | 57800 | 0.661 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 46 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 46 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 48 | Lee University | 19800 | 37400 | 0.4709 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 49 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 52 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 53 | McMurry University | 20100 | 51800 | 0.6111 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 62200 | 0.6772 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 55 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 57 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 58 | Coker University | 20700 | 47800 | 0.5672 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 60 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7008 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 62 | The University of Tampa | 21100 | 56900 | 0.6287 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 63 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 67 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 67 | University of St Thomas | 22200 | 50200 | 0.5582 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 70 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 72 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6559 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 72 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4544 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 74 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3882 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 75 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 77 | Ohio Dominican University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5813 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 78 | Hamline University | 23300 | 56500 | 0.5871 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 79 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 80 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24400 | 67400 | 0.6384 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 83 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 84 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 84 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 89 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 90 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 91 | Hastings College | 26000 | 63000 | 0.5873 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 92 | LeTourneau University | 26100 | 54200 | 0.5182 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 93 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59900 | 0.5593 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 94 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 94 | Heidelberg University | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4548 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 94 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 70000 | 0.6214 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 94 | University of Mobile | 26500 | 48300 | 0.451 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 98 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 54900 | 0.5114 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 99 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5603 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 101 | St Bonaventure University | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5604 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 104 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 105 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 106 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 107 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 108 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 113 | Webster University | 28700 | 54700 | 0.4755 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 114 | Hiram College | 28800 | 48700 | 0.4085 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 115 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28900 | 69300 | 0.5828 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 119 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 120 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 120 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.399 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 122 | Assumption University | 30300 | 74400 | 0.5924 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 122 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 122 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 125 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0938 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 126 | Texas Tech University | 30500 | 38900 | 0.216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 128 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5566 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 130 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 131 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 132 | Lebanon Valley College | 31700 | 72400 | 0.5623 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 135 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32000 | 68600 | 0.5335 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 138 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 139 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 141 | North Central College | 33000 | 64900 | 0.4916 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 143 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 143 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 145 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 146 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 147 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 149 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34300 | 39000 | 0.1194 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 150 | Howard Payne University | 34600 | 54500 | 0.3651 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 151 | Barry University | 34700 | 56400 | 0.3845 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 153 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 154 | Concordia University Texas | 35100 | 45800 | 0.2349 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 155 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 156 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 156 | University of the Pacific | 35500 | 71500 | 0.5038 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 158 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 36000 | 61100 | 0.4108 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 159 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 160 | Siena College | 36400 | 65100 | 0.4409 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 161 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1543 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 161 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 163 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 164 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 165 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 168 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 169 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39100 | 46600 | 0.1609 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 174 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 41000 | 67900 | 0.3963 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 177 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42300 | 53200 | 0.2049 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 180 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 181 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 182 | The University of Montana | 44200 | 45000 | 0.0178 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 184 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46400 | 56300 | 0.1759 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 185 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 186 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 187 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 188 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 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 | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 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.