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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9507 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5124 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19700 | 0.4199 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 13600 | 25400 | 0.4659 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5263 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4188 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14600 | 25200 | 0.4183 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15100 | 19300 | 0.2176 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | University of St Thomas | 15800 | 50900 | 0.6899 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 16400 | 67600 | 0.758 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16500 | 25700 | 0.3579 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 21 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 21 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 16500 | 26000 | 0.3649 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 24 | Coker University | 16600 | 47800 | 0.653 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 25 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 18100 | 31000 | 0.4163 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 18400 | 36100 | 0.4909 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 29 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 30 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 31 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 32 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 33 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 23600 | 0.1692 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 34 | McMurry University | 19800 | 46600 | 0.5756 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 34 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 36 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 37 | Virginia Union University | 20300 | 31000 | 0.345 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 38 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 20800 | 34000 | 0.388 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Lebanon Valley College | 20800 | 71600 | 0.7097 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 21200 | 30900 | 0.3135 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Cottey College | 21300 | 37300 | 0.429 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 47 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6754 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 47 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 49 | Tabor College | 21600 | 55600 | 0.6112 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 50 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.478 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 51 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 51 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21800 | 33900 | 0.3567 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 53 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | Azusa Pacific University | 22600 | 63100 | 0.6416 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 55 | Carlow University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 55 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 23600 | 44500 | 0.4693 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 59 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 76300 | 0.6896 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 59 | Ohio Dominican University | 23700 | 53500 | 0.5566 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 61 | University at Buffalo | 23900 | 34000 | 0.2971 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 61 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 63 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 63 | Heidelberg University | 24000 | 48600 | 0.5062 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 65 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 66 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 66 | University of Central Arkansas | 24300 | 29500 | 0.1763 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 66 | University of Lynchburg | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5579 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 69 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 70 | Flagler College | 24500 | 37800 | 0.3521 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 71 | Rockford University | 24600 | 60300 | 0.5918 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 73 | St. Mary's University | 25000 | 55900 | 0.5529 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 73 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 73 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 76 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 47100 | 0.454 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 78 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 80 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 82 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 82 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 82 | Saint Edward's University | 26400 | 71900 | 0.6325 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 86 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 87 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 88 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 89 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 90 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 91 | Johnson C Smith University | 27200 | 41000 | 0.3362 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 91 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27200 | 40900 | 0.3352 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 93 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5548 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27400 | 32800 | 0.1644 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 95 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | Assumption University | 28200 | 74400 | 0.6214 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 98 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 98 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 100 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 100 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 102 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 103 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 105 | William Peace University | 29300 | 50200 | 0.4175 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 106 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 107 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 108 | Lander University | 29900 | 37000 | 0.192 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 109 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 109 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 111 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 112 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 113 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 115 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 116 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 117 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.413 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 46700 | 0.3383 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 120 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 122 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 125 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32400 | 40400 | 0.1978 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 126 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32800 | 68400 | 0.5205 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Stockton University | 32900 | 44500 | 0.2608 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 129 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 133 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | Emmanuel College | 34100 | 68300 | 0.501 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 135 | St. John Fisher University | 34200 | 63700 | 0.4632 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 136 | Barry University | 34400 | 54600 | 0.3699 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 136 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 138 | Valparaiso University | 34500 | 63200 | 0.4535 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 140 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 140 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 142 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 143 | University of Southern Maine | 35700 | 37100 | 0.0377 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 144 | Concordia University Texas | 36100 | 43600 | 0.1721 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 144 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 146 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 146 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37100 | 79300 | 0.5317 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 151 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37500 | 51000 | 0.2648 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 153 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 154 | Hofstra University | 38500 | 74600 | 0.4837 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 154 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38500 | 48900 | 0.2126 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 154 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 157 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 158 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 160 | Marquette University | 40900 | 75100 | 0.4555 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 163 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 164 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 166 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 52400 | 0.1907 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 167 | Butler University | 43100 | 64500 | 0.3317 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 168 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46900 | 58800 | 0.2024 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 170 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 171 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 172 | University of St Thomas | 50300 | 70300 | 0.2847 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 173 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | University of California-Irvine | 52200 | 64800 | 0.1944 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0664 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 181 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 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.
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