Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | Western Kentucky University | 10700 | 27500 | 0.612 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 4 | Arkansas State University | 11500 | 28400 | 0.596 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.789 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 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 | 12300 | 19300 | 0.3627 | 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 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5714 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 14 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6704 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 16 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 19 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 51700 | 0.7159 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15100 | 26800 | 0.4354 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 20 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 40400 | 0.6267 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.399 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 24 | Avila University | 15600 | 81100 | 0.8075 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 24600 | 0.3662 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 27 | Ursuline College | 15900 | 83000 | 0.8087 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 28 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16200 | 28500 | 0.4322 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 29 | Niagara University | 16200 | 57400 | 0.7175 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 31 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 32 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16600 | 90700 | 0.817 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | Indiana State University | 16900 | 32400 | 0.4786 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 38 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17700 | 19400 | 0.0876 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 40 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 41 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 18000 | 52300 | 0.6556 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 43 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 44 | Ohio Dominican University | 18200 | 77400 | 0.7651 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 45 | University of Lynchburg | 18600 | 58900 | 0.6852 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 46 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7575 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 48 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 27400 | 0.2958 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 49 | Coker University | 19400 | 47800 | 0.5944 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19400 | 48900 | 0.6029 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 51 | McMurry University | 19500 | 71400 | 0.7273 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 53 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 53 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 53 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.633 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 56 | Carlow University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6306 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 57 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 58 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20400 | 57500 | 0.6462 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1898 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 60 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 47400 | 0.5676 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 61 | Washington State University | 20800 | 35900 | 0.4198 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 62 | Cottey College | 20900 | 37300 | 0.4409 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 62 | Regis University | 20900 | 67400 | 0.6899 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | Millikin University | 21200 | 45000 | 0.5287 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 64 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 66 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 67 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 68 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.554 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 70 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 71 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1446 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 72 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 73 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6213 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 73 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 37600 | 0.4042 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 73 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 76 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4545 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 77 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 77 | Hastings College | 22800 | 53300 | 0.572 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 77 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22800 | 52400 | 0.565 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 81 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5729 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 81 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.493 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 24000 | 89100 | 0.7305 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 84 | University of Mobile | 24100 | 45400 | 0.4691 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 85 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2926 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 86 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5833 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 24800 | 33400 | 0.2578 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 87 | University of St Thomas | 24800 | 51400 | 0.5176 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 89 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 90 | Le Moyne College | 25500 | 58200 | 0.5622 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 90 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 90 | Webster University | 25500 | 66600 | 0.6173 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 93 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 79200 | 0.6734 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 95 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 96 | Northern Illinois University | 26400 | 32100 | 0.1766 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 98 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 99 | University of La Verne | 26700 | 71200 | 0.6252 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 78600 | 0.6589 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 101 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 102 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27300 | 63800 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 104 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 104 | William Peace University | 27600 | 50200 | 0.4499 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 106 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Delaware State University | 27900 | 62600 | 0.5543 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 107 | North Central College | 27900 | 66700 | 0.5814 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 109 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 110 | Flagler College | 28400 | 61900 | 0.5408 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5911 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 29000 | 38600 | 0.2488 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2222 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 117 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.3869 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 118 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 112100 | 0.7358 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0712 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 120 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 121 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4444 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30400 | 33200 | 0.0842 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 125 | Randolph-Macon College | 30700 | 71600 | 0.5708 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 127 | Lebanon Valley College | 31100 | 72200 | 0.569 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 128 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3348 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 129 | Lasell University | 31500 | 50800 | 0.3802 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 130 | Marquette University | 31800 | 75900 | 0.581 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 130 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3653 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 132 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 133 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 134 | Assumption University | 32600 | 74400 | 0.5615 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 135 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4032 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 135 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 32900 | 61900 | 0.4691 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | Hamline University | 33900 | 70100 | 0.5162 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 140 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 140 | Siena University | 34200 | 66300 | 0.4842 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 142 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 143 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63900 | 0.4541 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | Emmanuel College | 35300 | 73700 | 0.5212 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 147 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.0779 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 147 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35900 | 61100 | 0.413 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | St. John Fisher University | 36600 | 64800 | 0.4351 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 151 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37300 | 50400 | 0.2597 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 151 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37300 | 74600 | 0.4998 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 153 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0807 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 153 | Lander University | 37400 | 37700 | 0.008 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 155 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 155 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 157 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 158 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0568 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 159 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 160 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2733 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 161 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 162 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 163 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1447 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 164 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 164 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 166 | Champlain College | 39700 | 105100 | 0.6224 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39700 | 77000 | 0.4845 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 168 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2353 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 169 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 170 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 171 | Saint Michael's College | 40600 | 75800 | 0.4643 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 172 | Dominican University of California | 40900 | 69200 | 0.4088 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 173 | Butler University | 41300 | 68400 | 0.3965 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 174 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 175 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 176 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 177 | LeTourneau University | 44400 | 57300 | 0.225 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 178 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 179 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3014 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 179 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 181 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48800 | 68800 | 0.2908 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 182 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 183 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 76100 | 0.0999 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 190 | 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.
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