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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Southern Maine | 11600 | 23000 | 0.4951 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12100 | 21100 | 0.4276 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12600 | 45900 | 0.7262 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 25900 | 0.5066 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 14600 | 17100 | 0.1461 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14700 | 19300 | 0.2384 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 28500 | 0.4699 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5006 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15300 | 26400 | 0.4201 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 15500 | 67500 | 0.7703 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15600 | 37900 | 0.5879 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 22 | Central Washington University | 15800 | 22800 | 0.3047 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 23 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 24 | Coker University | 16500 | 47800 | 0.6551 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 24 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 26 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 86700 | 0.8042 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 29 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17100 | 47600 | 0.6412 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 30 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17400 | 44000 | 0.6051 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 31 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17600 | 29500 | 0.4032 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 31 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 35 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 35 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 38 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 38 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 41 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 42 | Lee University | 19100 | 37400 | 0.4896 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2338 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 43 | University of West Georgia | 19300 | 48000 | 0.5982 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19400 | 60400 | 0.6786 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | Carlow University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7512 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 46 | Hastings College | 19700 | 71100 | 0.7229 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 49 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 50 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20300 | 51200 | 0.6035 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 52 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 65800 | 0.6895 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 71400 | 0.7105 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 55 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 55 | St. Mary's University | 20800 | 70300 | 0.7044 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 58 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 58 | University of Mobile | 20900 | 56900 | 0.6322 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 60 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 61 | Virginia Union University | 21500 | 38800 | 0.4463 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 62 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21600 | 42400 | 0.4902 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 63 | Hamline University | 21800 | 56500 | 0.6137 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 63 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5529 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 63 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 63 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 63 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 68 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 73 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6556 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 73 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 73 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4541 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 76 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3878 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 77 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 78 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23100 | 78600 | 0.7065 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 79 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23400 | 68400 | 0.658 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 80 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 80 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 82 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 82 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 84 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 84 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2725 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24300 | 48900 | 0.5027 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 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 | |
| 89 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 89 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 92 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 92 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 94 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 95 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 96 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 96 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 98 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5676 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 100 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 77000 | 0.6549 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 100 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 67800 | 0.6048 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 105 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2754 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 107 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 108 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 109 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 109 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 111 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 112 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 113 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 114 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 116 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 116 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 118 | Marquette University | 28300 | 66200 | 0.5722 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 119 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5372 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 120 | Pacific Lutheran University | 28600 | 71200 | 0.5977 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 120 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 123 | Villanova University | 28800 | 88800 | 0.6754 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 124 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 125 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 126 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 127 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 128 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 129 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 129 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3987 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 132 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5564 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 133 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 133 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 135 | University of St Thomas | 31300 | 70300 | 0.5551 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 136 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 137 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 138 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 138 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.3827 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 141 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 142 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 144 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4268 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 145 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 146 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 147 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 148 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 149 | Fort Lewis College | 34800 | 41400 | 0.1596 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 150 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 150 | Siena College | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 154 | Lander University | 35300 | 37700 | 0.0637 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 155 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 156 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 157 | Fresno Pacific University | 36100 | 52200 | 0.309 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 159 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 160 | University of the Pacific | 36400 | 71500 | 0.4912 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 161 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 163 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 164 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 164 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 167 | Texas Tech University | 38500 | 41000 | 0.061 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 168 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38600 | 61600 | 0.3731 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 169 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0084 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 174 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 175 | St. John Fisher University | 40500 | 62500 | 0.352 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41000 | 68300 | 0.3994 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 177 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 178 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 179 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 47700 | 0.1174 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 61300 | 0.2158 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 184 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 187 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 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 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 192 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 193 | Gonzaga University | 76400 | 77900 | 0.0191 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.