Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4226 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 16 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 15100 | 29800 | 0.4928 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 16 | University of St Thomas | 15100 | 50900 | 0.7036 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 18 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 23 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5393 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | Millikin University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6175 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17300 | 29800 | 0.419 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 29 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | University of Lynchburg | 17700 | 54900 | 0.6773 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3312 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 33 | Tabor College | 17900 | 54400 | 0.6713 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 36 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 37 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.2298 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 38 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 39 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 41 | Carlow University | 19500 | 57800 | 0.6627 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 42 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 43 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 43 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 19800 | 51900 | 0.618 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19800 | 62200 | 0.6821 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 29000 | 0.3177 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 55 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 56 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 57 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7008 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 58 | Albright College | 21200 | 49300 | 0.5699 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 59 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3906 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1748 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 62 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 63 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1396 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1249 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 67 | William Penn University | 22100 | 48000 | 0.5403 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 70 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4681 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3982 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 73 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 74 | Ohio Dominican University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5849 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 75 | Hamline University | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5889 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3863 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 67400 | 0.6458 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 78 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 79 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 81 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 82 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 83 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 84 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | Hastings College | 25900 | 63000 | 0.5889 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 86 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 86 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 41800 | 0.3803 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 90 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 91 | Heidelberg University | 26300 | 48600 | 0.4589 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 91 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4552 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 93 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 54900 | 0.5187 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 93 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 95 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5652 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 98 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 99 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 100 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 101 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1087 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 101 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1464 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 104 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 106 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5439 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 110 | California State University-San Marcos | 28200 | 38300 | 0.2636 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 111 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28400 | 69300 | 0.59 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 112 | Webster University | 28600 | 54700 | 0.4774 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 115 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 115 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 117 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 118 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4776 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 121 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.4059 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 122 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 30000 | 59200 | 0.4937 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 123 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 123 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 125 | Dominican University of California | 30300 | 69200 | 0.5624 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 126 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 57300 | 0.4694 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 127 | Assumption University | 30500 | 74400 | 0.5898 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 129 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 131 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 131 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 133 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 133 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 135 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 136 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 139 | Marquette University | 32400 | 66500 | 0.5127 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 140 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 141 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 143 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 144 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 145 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 145 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 147 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 149 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 150 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 152 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 153 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 154 | University of the Pacific | 35600 | 71500 | 0.5024 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 155 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 156 | Siena College | 36100 | 65100 | 0.4456 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 158 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 159 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 160 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 162 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 163 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 165 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 165 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 167 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38900 | 46600 | 0.1652 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 168 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 39900 | 73700 | 0.4585 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 174 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 41100 | 67900 | 0.3949 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 177 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 178 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 179 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 180 | The University of Montana | 44400 | 45000 | 0.0133 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46100 | 56300 | 0.1812 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 182 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 184 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 188 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 189 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 191 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 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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