Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 10700 | 19700 | 0.4554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 25200 | 0.5256 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | Virginia Union University | 13900 | 39400 | 0.6468 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 12 | California State University-San Marcos | 14100 | 24700 | 0.4309 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 13 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 14 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14800 | 29800 | 0.5029 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 19 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 19 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5559 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 16700 | 34000 | 0.5083 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17000 | 26900 | 0.3681 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17000 | 29800 | 0.429 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 26 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17200 | 21900 | 0.2149 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 29 | Avila University | 17300 | 64100 | 0.7299 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 30 | University of Lynchburg | 17400 | 54900 | 0.6827 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 31 | Delaware State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5823 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 32 | Tabor College | 17700 | 54400 | 0.675 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 36 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 37 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 38 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18700 | 68100 | 0.7256 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 39 | McMurry University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6296 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 39 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 39 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6917 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Carlow University | 19300 | 57800 | 0.6662 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 44 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 40800 | 0.5197 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 44 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19600 | 72100 | 0.728 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 47 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 50 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20700 | 70000 | 0.7037 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 51 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20900 | 26000 | 0.1978 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 53 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6757 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 54 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4783 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 55 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 55 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 57 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 22000 | 57400 | 0.6165 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 60 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 61 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 62 | Hamline University | 22800 | 56500 | 0.596 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 62 | Ohio Dominican University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 64 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 65 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23000 | 67400 | 0.6592 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 66 | Northern Arizona University | 23100 | 34100 | 0.3222 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 67 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2904 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 71 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 72 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 73 | Mary Baldwin University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4839 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 74 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 25400 | 52900 | 0.5197 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 76 | Hastings College | 25600 | 63000 | 0.5936 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 76 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 78 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 54900 | 0.5314 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 78 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 78 | University of La Verne | 25700 | 66800 | 0.6151 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 78 | Western Kentucky University | 25700 | 41800 | 0.3851 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 82 | Azusa Pacific University | 25900 | 63000 | 0.589 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 82 | University of Mobile | 25900 | 48300 | 0.4634 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 85 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 86 | Flagler College | 26200 | 61200 | 0.5717 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 87 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 87 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 89 | University of the Pacific | 26400 | 69800 | 0.621 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 90 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 92 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 93 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 94 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 94 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 96 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 97 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 98 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 99 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 100 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 101 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 101 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 103 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 104 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 105 | Webster University | 28300 | 54700 | 0.4829 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 108 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29000 | 56200 | 0.4847 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 110 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 112 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4178 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 114 | Dominican University of California | 29600 | 69200 | 0.5725 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 114 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 117 | University of West Georgia | 29700 | 46800 | 0.3653 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 118 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 119 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0938 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 119 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 121 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 123 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.4119 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 124 | Assumption University | 30800 | 74400 | 0.5857 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 124 | Mount Saint Mary College | 30800 | 68600 | 0.551 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | Lebanon Valley College | 31100 | 72400 | 0.5706 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 128 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 129 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 129 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 129 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.383 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 133 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0624 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 134 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 135 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 136 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 138 | Lander University | 32900 | 37700 | 0.1275 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 140 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 141 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 142 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 143 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 144 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 33900 | 56400 | 0.3987 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 146 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 146 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 150 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 151 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.405 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 152 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 153 | Siena College | 35500 | 65100 | 0.4548 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 155 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 156 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 158 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 159 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 160 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38200 | 46600 | 0.1802 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 161 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 162 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 162 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 164 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 165 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 166 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 166 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 168 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 169 | Arkansas State University | 40600 | 41000 | 0.0098 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 170 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2777 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 171 | St. John Fisher University | 40800 | 62500 | 0.3472 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 41300 | 67900 | 0.3919 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 174 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 175 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 47700 | 0.109 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 176 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 177 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 178 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 180 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 181 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 182 | Mercer University | 46700 | 63700 | 0.267 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 183 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 187 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 70000 | 0.2374 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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