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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 | 6900 | 93000 | 0.926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8300 | 36700 | 0.7746 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28600 | 0.5966 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 14400 | 25400 | 0.4341 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 31300 | 0.534 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4963 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 24900 | 0.4009 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 14 | Lander University | 15300 | 24600 | 0.3773 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15500 | 24700 | 0.3732 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15600 | 19300 | 0.1917 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 19 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 21 | Coker University | 17200 | 47800 | 0.6404 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 17300 | 67600 | 0.7446 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 23 | SUNY Old Westbury | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2831 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 24 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 25 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 25 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 27 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 28 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 29 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18900 | 29800 | 0.3664 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 19200 | 36100 | 0.4687 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 33 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 34 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 35 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 36 | University of West Georgia | 20100 | 23600 | 0.1481 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20400 | 33400 | 0.3897 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 38 | Lee University | 20500 | 37100 | 0.4469 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 40 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 41 | McMurry University | 20700 | 46600 | 0.5563 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 42 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 45 | Niagara University | 21100 | 57400 | 0.6322 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 47 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 49 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 49 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 51 | Stockton University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 52 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Cottey College | 22400 | 37300 | 0.4008 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 54 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22500 | 33900 | 0.3361 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 55 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6555 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 55 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4539 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 57 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 58 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 59 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2884 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 23400 | 58100 | 0.5977 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23400 | 35400 | 0.3385 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 62 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 63 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 63 | Ohio Dominican University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.551 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 63 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 24000 | 29800 | 0.1925 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 66 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 67 | Hamline University | 24400 | 56500 | 0.5677 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 67 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 69 | University of Mobile | 24500 | 44500 | 0.4491 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 70 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 71 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.547 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 72 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 73 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 73 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 75 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25200 | 76300 | 0.67 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 75 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 77 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 78 | California State University-Fresno | 25600 | 35900 | 0.2868 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 78 | Flagler College | 25600 | 37800 | 0.323 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 78 | St. Mary's University | 25600 | 55900 | 0.5422 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 81 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 81 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66500 | 0.6109 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 83 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 84 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 84 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 86 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 87 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 47100 | 0.4307 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 87 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26800 | 48900 | 0.4516 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 90 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 90 | Saint Edward's University | 27100 | 71900 | 0.6227 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 90 | The University of Tampa | 27100 | 56900 | 0.5233 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 93 | Webster University | 27300 | 54300 | 0.4969 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 94 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 95 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 98 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 99 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5371 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 100 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 101 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 102 | Assumption University | 28800 | 74400 | 0.6133 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | Regis University | 29000 | 67200 | 0.5681 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 104 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 29600 | 71200 | 0.5845 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 106 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 107 | Le Moyne College | 29800 | 53700 | 0.4452 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 29800 | 88800 | 0.6642 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 107 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29800 | 36500 | 0.1837 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 110 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 111 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 112 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3987 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 113 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 115 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 115 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 117 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 118 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 121 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41100 | 0.2314 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 122 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 123 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 124 | University of Rhode Island | 31900 | 46700 | 0.3169 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 125 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 128 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 33200 | 40400 | 0.178 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 129 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 130 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33600 | 68400 | 0.5088 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 131 | Emmanuel College | 33800 | 68300 | 0.5054 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 132 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54600 | 0.3791 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Saint Anselm College | 34200 | 73700 | 0.536 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 134 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 136 | Valparaiso University | 34500 | 63200 | 0.4535 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 137 | St. John Fisher University | 34600 | 63700 | 0.457 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 34900 | 54600 | 0.3607 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Fresno Pacific University | 36000 | 52200 | 0.3104 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 143 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 144 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 145 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 145 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 148 | University of Southern Maine | 36400 | 37100 | 0.0189 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Texas | 37300 | 43600 | 0.1446 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 151 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2629 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 153 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 154 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 155 | Hofstra University | 39100 | 74600 | 0.4757 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 156 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 159 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 160 | Marquette University | 41700 | 75100 | 0.4449 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 161 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 162 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 52400 | 0.1964 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 163 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 165 | Butler University | 43500 | 64500 | 0.3255 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 166 | University of Florida | 43900 | 45600 | 0.0372 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 167 | Western Washington University | 44600 | 50900 | 0.1237 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 168 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47600 | 58800 | 0.1905 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 170 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 171 | University of St Thomas | 49900 | 70300 | 0.2904 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 175 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 176 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 55400 | 64800 | 0.145 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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 | 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.