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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 2 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4221 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 2 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11900 | 20500 | 0.4171 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 13 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 13 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 15 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 15000 | 29800 | 0.4962 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 16 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 20 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 22 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2866 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 29 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4789 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3349 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 33 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 34 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 36 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2773 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 37 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 37 | Ursuline College | 18400 | 61900 | 0.7023 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 42200 | 0.5539 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 40 | Carlow University | 19600 | 82500 | 0.7625 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 41 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 41 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 41 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 41 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 41 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 47 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6141 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 50 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 50 | Ohio Dominican University | 20200 | 55400 | 0.6354 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 52 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 52 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 54 | Albright College | 20400 | 49300 | 0.5861 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 57 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 58 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 59 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 60 | University of Lynchburg | 21700 | 54900 | 0.6051 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 62 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 63 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 63 | William Penn University | 21900 | 48000 | 0.5432 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 67 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4681 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 68 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3983 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 69 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 70 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 71 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 72 | Hastings College | 23400 | 63000 | 0.6286 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 73 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 90700 | 0.7365 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 76 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 77 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 77 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 79 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 80 | University of St Thomas | 25400 | 50900 | 0.5012 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 81 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 82 | Heidelberg University | 25800 | 48600 | 0.4692 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 82 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 84 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 84 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 86 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 86 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 86 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4551 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 54900 | 0.5187 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 89 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 91 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 92 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 92 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 95 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 96 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 97 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 97 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1086 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 99 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 99 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 101 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 102 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 102 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2722 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 105 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 106 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28400 | 69300 | 0.59 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 107 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 107 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 109 | North Central College | 28600 | 64900 | 0.5594 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 111 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 111 | Flagler College | 28800 | 61200 | 0.5293 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 29000 | 32000 | 0.095 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 113 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2223 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 115 | Marquette University | 29200 | 63800 | 0.5424 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 59400 | 0.505 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 117 | Regis University | 29400 | 67200 | 0.5621 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 119 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.406 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 122 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 124 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 125 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5448 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 127 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 128 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 129 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 130 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32000 | 45700 | 0.3 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 132 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 133 | Lander University | 33500 | 37700 | 0.1115 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 134 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 136 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33700 | 40900 | 0.176 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 137 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 138 | Assumption University | 34300 | 74400 | 0.5387 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 139 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 140 | Siena University | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 141 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 144 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 35200 | 56400 | 0.3757 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 146 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 147 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 148 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 149 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 150 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 151 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 154 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 155 | LeTourneau University | 38300 | 54800 | 0.3013 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 156 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 157 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 157 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 159 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 160 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 162 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 163 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 53200 | 0.2557 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 166 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 168 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 169 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 170 | Dominican University of California | 40600 | 69200 | 0.4131 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 171 | Champlain College | 41000 | 76000 | 0.4608 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 53600 | 0.2333 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 173 | Butler University | 41400 | 67900 | 0.3905 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 174 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 175 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 176 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 177 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 178 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3375 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 179 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 180 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 182 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 183 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 184 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 185 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 70600 | 0.0297 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 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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