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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Wisconsin.
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 Wisconsin.
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 | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11200 | 21100 | 0.4703 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 3 | University of Southern Maine | 11300 | 23000 | 0.5081 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 31200 | 0.6283 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4041 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12200 | 18700 | 0.3479 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0.0001 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4807 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 13500 | 20600 | 0.3431 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 30700 | 0.5391 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14400 | 19300 | 0.2545 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Northern Arizona University | 14800 | 25400 | 0.4182 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 14900 | 38300 | 0.6108 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5985 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 22 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.5808 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 25 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 26 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 27 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 28 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16200 | 76300 | 0.7879 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 29 | Coker University | 16300 | 47800 | 0.6593 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 29 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16300 | 42300 | 0.6145 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 31800 | 0.4753 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16800 | 47600 | 0.6475 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 33 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 34 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4133 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 35 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3514 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 36 | Albright College | 17700 | 49300 | 0.6409 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 38 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3221 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3427 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 43 | Stockton University | 18400 | 32100 | 0.4266 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 46 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 47 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 19000 | 60400 | 0.6852 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 48 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2457 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 50 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 51 | Hastings College | 19400 | 71100 | 0.7271 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 52 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 53 | Carlow University | 19900 | 68200 | 0.7082 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 53 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 55 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3219 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6094 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 57 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 42400 | 0.5185 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 20400 | 56900 | 0.641 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 59 | St. Mary's University | 20500 | 70300 | 0.7086 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 61 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 62 | University of Northern Iowa | 20800 | 24000 | 0.1334 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 63 | Hamline University | 20900 | 56500 | 0.6296 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 64 | Ohio Dominican University | 21000 | 65800 | 0.6804 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 65 | Virginia Union University | 21100 | 38800 | 0.4567 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21200 | 53000 | 0.6006 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 67 | Lakeland University | 21300 | 56500 | 0.6228 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 68 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 69 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4157 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 69 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 72 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 72 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 75 | Lycoming College | 22000 | 65800 | 0.666 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 76 | University of Lynchburg | 22100 | 54900 | 0.5962 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 77 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4666 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 78 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 79 | Assumption University | 22500 | 91300 | 0.7533 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 80 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 81 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23000 | 68400 | 0.6638 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 82 | Saint Edward's University | 23400 | 91800 | 0.7454 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 83 | Regis University | 23600 | 67200 | 0.6484 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 83 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 85 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 85 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 88 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 89 | Flagler College | 24300 | 61100 | 0.6021 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 89 | Old Dominion University | 24300 | 36600 | 0.3357 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 89 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 89 | University of Central Arkansas | 24300 | 29500 | 0.1763 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 93 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 95 | Heidelberg University | 24500 | 48600 | 0.496 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 96 | Norwich University | 24700 | 88400 | 0.7208 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 96 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 96 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 99 | University of St Thomas | 25000 | 50900 | 0.509 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 100 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 101 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 27000 | 0.0482 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 102 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26300 | 67800 | 0.6122 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26300 | 79400 | 0.6689 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 106 | Cleveland State University | 26900 | 37300 | 0.279 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 108 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 109 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 110 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2777 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 111 | Johnson C Smith University | 27500 | 47400 | 0.4201 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 112 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2476 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 113 | Marquette University | 27700 | 63100 | 0.5607 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 113 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 115 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27900 | 61400 | 0.5464 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 115 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 117 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 117 | Randolph-Macon College | 28100 | 69200 | 0.5936 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 28400 | 66000 | 0.5693 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 120 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 121 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2493 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 121 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 123 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 124 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 125 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 126 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 127 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 127 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4086 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 129 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 130 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 132 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 133 | Azusa Pacific University | 30800 | 66600 | 0.5372 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 134 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 134 | McPherson College | 30900 | 53500 | 0.4225 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 136 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 137 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 138 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 139 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 141 | University of St Thomas | 32200 | 70300 | 0.5423 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 143 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 144 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 145 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 147 | Saint Anselm College | 34300 | 73700 | 0.5345 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 149 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 149 | Fort Lewis College | 34900 | 41400 | 0.1571 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 151 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 152 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 153 | Lander University | 35200 | 37700 | 0.0664 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 155 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.3741 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 156 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 157 | Concordia University Texas | 36800 | 43600 | 0.156 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 158 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 61400 | 0.3863 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 160 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 162 | California Lutheran University | 38700 | 72800 | 0.4686 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 163 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 164 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 165 | Butler University | 39400 | 68300 | 0.4229 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 166 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's University | 40600 | 92400 | 0.5605 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 168 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 169 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 170 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 171 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 172 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 173 | Mercer University | 48500 | 63700 | 0.2387 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 75400 | 88600 | 0.149 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.