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Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in West Virginia.
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 West Virginia.
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 | 5300 | 93100 | 0.9435 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6262 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5824 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12000 | 20500 | 0.4137 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 26300 | 0.5211 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12700 | 24900 | 0.4892 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | University of Southern Maine | 13400 | 23000 | 0.4169 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6704 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 14 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5708 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 17 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 51700 | 0.7159 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 15200 | 19400 | 0.2164 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73200 | 0.7892 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 21 | Avila University | 15600 | 81100 | 0.8075 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 23 | Ursuline College | 15900 | 83000 | 0.8087 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 26 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16600 | 90700 | 0.817 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 29 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5264 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 30 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 31 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 32 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 33 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 18000 | 52300 | 0.6556 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 35 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 36 | Ohio Dominican University | 18200 | 77400 | 0.7651 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 37 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 38 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 62600 | 0.698 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7585 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 43 | Coker University | 19400 | 47800 | 0.5944 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19400 | 48900 | 0.6029 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 45 | Illinois College | 19500 | 55200 | 0.6471 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19500 | 71400 | 0.7273 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 49 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6306 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 50 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19900 | 30600 | 0.3495 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 53 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20400 | 57500 | 0.6459 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 20900 | 37300 | 0.4409 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 55 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 55 | Regis University | 20900 | 67400 | 0.6899 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 59 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 60 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 62 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5536 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 64 | University of Mobile | 21800 | 46000 | 0.5262 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 64 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 66 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 67 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 67 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 69 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 70 | Manchester University | 22600 | 54100 | 0.582 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 72 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4545 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 73 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 73 | Hastings College | 22800 | 53300 | 0.572 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22800 | 52400 | 0.565 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 76 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.493 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 24000 | 89100 | 0.7305 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 79 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5864 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 80 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2938 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 81 | University of St Thomas | 24500 | 51400 | 0.5234 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 82 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 83 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 84 | Le Moyne College | 25500 | 58200 | 0.5622 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 84 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25700 | 56500 | 0.5455 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 87 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 88 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 89 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 89 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 91 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 92 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 93 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 78600 | 0.6589 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 94 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 95 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27300 | 63800 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27500 | 71200 | 0.6142 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 97 | Western Kentucky University | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 99 | Florida Southern College | 27600 | 63200 | 0.5627 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 99 | William Peace University | 27600 | 50200 | 0.4499 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 101 | North Central College | 27700 | 66700 | 0.5844 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 102 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 104 | Flagler College | 28400 | 61900 | 0.5408 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 104 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 106 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 108 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 109 | Cleveland State University | 28900 | 38600 | 0.2514 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 112 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 112100 | 0.7358 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 113 | Baker University | 29800 | 54800 | 0.4571 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30100 | 54700 | 0.4495 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 117 | Randolph-Macon College | 30700 | 71600 | 0.5708 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 119 | Lebanon Valley College | 31100 | 72200 | 0.569 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 119 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 122 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 122 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31500 | 51700 | 0.3911 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 124 | Marquette University | 31800 | 75900 | 0.581 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 125 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 32000 | 38800 | 0.1755 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 126 | Assumption University | 32300 | 74400 | 0.5656 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 127 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 129 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 130 | University of New England | 32600 | 70900 | 0.5403 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 32900 | 61900 | 0.4688 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 132 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | Hamline University | 33900 | 70100 | 0.5162 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 33900 | 34100 | 0.0059 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 137 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 34200 | 66300 | 0.4842 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 139 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 142 | Emmanuel College | 35200 | 73700 | 0.5225 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35600 | 61100 | 0.4176 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 145 | St. John Fisher University | 36600 | 64800 | 0.4351 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 146 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37100 | 40700 | 0.0876 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 149 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37300 | 74600 | 0.4998 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 149 | University of West Georgia | 37300 | 47300 | 0.2113 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 151 | Lander University | 37400 | 37700 | 0.008 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 155 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 155 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 158 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 160 | Concordia University Texas | 38900 | 45800 | 0.1508 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 161 | Arcadia University | 39000 | 71600 | 0.4551 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 161 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 161 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 165 | Champlain College | 39300 | 105100 | 0.6262 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39400 | 77000 | 0.4884 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 39700 | 52200 | 0.2406 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 168 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 169 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 170 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 171 | Dominican University of California | 40900 | 69200 | 0.4088 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 41300 | 68400 | 0.3965 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 173 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 174 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 175 | Union University | 43500 | 66000 | 0.3417 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 176 | LeTourneau University | 44400 | 57300 | 0.225 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 177 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 178 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48500 | 68800 | 0.2951 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53800 | 54300 | 0.0092 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 185 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Stonehill College | 68200 | 76100 | 0.1038 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 188 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 189 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.