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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 Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5124 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 30900 | 0.6208 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 6 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4447 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 31300 | 0.534 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 14700 | 31200 | 0.5296 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4982 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 13 | University of Florida | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2826 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 14 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 15 | Coker University | 17200 | 47800 | 0.6404 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 16 | Avila University | 17300 | 67600 | 0.7446 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 17 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 18 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 19 | Central Connecticut State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4586 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 20 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 19000 | 36100 | 0.4737 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 22 | Illinois College | 19100 | 52300 | 0.6349 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 23 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2819 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 24 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 25 | Lee University | 20500 | 37100 | 0.4469 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 26 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 27 | McMurry University | 20700 | 46600 | 0.5563 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 28 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 21000 | 28800 | 0.271 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 30 | Niagara University | 21100 | 57400 | 0.6322 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21300 | 25300 | 0.1583 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 32 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 33 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.554 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 35 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | Cottey College | 22300 | 37300 | 0.4015 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 37 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22500 | 33900 | 0.3361 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 38 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 38 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.656 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 38 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4545 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 41 | Bellevue College | 22800 | 28900 | 0.2109 | 11,472 | 0 | 0.1736 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 43 | Manchester University | 23100 | 54200 | 0.574 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2884 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23300 | 35400 | 0.3414 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 46 | Carlow University | 23400 | 58100 | 0.5977 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 47 | The University of Alabama | 23700 | 29900 | 0.2077 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 48 | Ohio Dominican University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5529 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 49 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 50 | University of Lynchburg | 24200 | 54900 | 0.5594 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 51 | Hamline University | 24400 | 56500 | 0.5677 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 52 | University of Mobile | 24500 | 44500 | 0.4491 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 53 | University of Central Arkansas | 24600 | 29500 | 0.1655 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 54 | Maryville College | 24700 | 58400 | 0.5782 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 55 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 55 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 55 | University of Saint Mary | 25000 | 51800 | 0.5172 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 58 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25100 | 65700 | 0.618 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 58 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 58 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 62 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 63 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 63 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 65 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 66 | Flagler College | 25500 | 37800 | 0.3256 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 67 | California State University-Fresno | 25600 | 35900 | 0.2868 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 67 | St. Mary's University | 25600 | 55900 | 0.5422 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 69 | Rosemont College | 25700 | 38100 | 0.3249 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 71 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 71 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 74 | Otterbein University | 26100 | 66500 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 75 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26700 | 48900 | 0.4537 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 76 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 47100 | 0.4307 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 77 | Saint Edward's University | 27000 | 71900 | 0.6241 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 79 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 41000 | 0.3338 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 79 | Webster University | 27300 | 54300 | 0.4969 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 81 | Capital University | 27400 | 68600 | 0.6007 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 81 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2764 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 83 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27500 | 40900 | 0.3278 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 85 | California State University-San Marcos | 27700 | 28500 | 0.0281 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 86 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 87 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 88 | Cleveland State University | 28200 | 37300 | 0.2441 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 88 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 90 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 90 | University of Northern Iowa | 28300 | 36200 | 0.218 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 92 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5376 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28500 | 32800 | 0.1309 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 94 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | Assumption University | 28800 | 74400 | 0.6133 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 98 | Regis University | 29000 | 67200 | 0.5681 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 101 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29600 | 38000 | 0.2213 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 102 | Pacific Lutheran University | 29800 | 71200 | 0.5809 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 102 | William Penn University | 29800 | 47200 | 0.3681 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 104 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 104 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 30000 | 88800 | 0.662 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 107 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3991 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 108 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 108 | Le Moyne College | 30300 | 53700 | 0.4359 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 110 | Lander University | 30400 | 37000 | 0.1785 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 111 | Baker University | 30500 | 54800 | 0.4447 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 112 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 114 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 116 | Florida Southern College | 31500 | 63200 | 0.5013 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 116 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 118 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41100 | 0.2314 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 119 | University of Rhode Island | 31800 | 46700 | 0.319 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 119 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 121 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 121 | Benedictine College | 31900 | 50800 | 0.3722 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 125 | Emmanuel College | 32300 | 68300 | 0.5273 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 126 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4267 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 128 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 128 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 33000 | 59200 | 0.4428 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33200 | 40400 | 0.178 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 131 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 135 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 136 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 137 | Valparaiso University | 34500 | 63200 | 0.4535 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 138 | St. John Fisher University | 34600 | 63700 | 0.457 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 35000 | 54600 | 0.3589 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 140 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 143 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 144 | Fresno Pacific University | 36300 | 52200 | 0.3042 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 144 | University of Southern Maine | 36300 | 37100 | 0.0216 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 147 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Texas | 37100 | 43600 | 0.1491 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 151 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37500 | 44100 | 0.1496 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2605 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 152 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 154 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 155 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 156 | Pacific University | 39200 | 74900 | 0.4763 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 157 | Arcadia University | 39700 | 71600 | 0.4456 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 158 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 159 | Saint Anselm College | 40400 | 73700 | 0.4518 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 160 | Marquette University | 41300 | 75100 | 0.4502 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 161 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 161 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 163 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 52400 | 0.1964 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 164 | Union University | 42200 | 64100 | 0.3415 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 167 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 168 | Butler University | 43500 | 64500 | 0.3255 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 169 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 171 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47600 | 58800 | 0.1905 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 173 | University of St Thomas | 49900 | 70300 | 0.2904 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 55400 | 64800 | 0.145 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Gonzaga University | 68600 | 68700 | 0.0013 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 79300 | 82500 | 0.0388 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.