Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Millikin University | 7000 | 43700 | 0.8396 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | University of Southern Maine | 11300 | 23000 | 0.5081 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 31200 | 0.6283 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12100 | 51900 | 0.7672 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 25900 | 0.5298 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12300 | 18700 | 0.3426 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4808 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14400 | 23500 | 0.3879 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4465 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14900 | 20500 | 0.2735 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5985 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 24 | Lander University | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3814 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 24 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 28 | California State University-San Marcos | 15300 | 24700 | 0.3813 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 30 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16200 | 86700 | 0.8134 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 31 | Coker University | 16300 | 47800 | 0.6593 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 32 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 32000 | 0.4795 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16800 | 47600 | 0.6475 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 36 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17200 | 44000 | 0.6097 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 38 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4133 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 40 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3221 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 45 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 46 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 46 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 19000 | 60400 | 0.6852 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.755 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 50 | Hastings College | 19400 | 71100 | 0.7271 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 52 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 53 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3219 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 55 | Ohio Dominican University | 20300 | 65800 | 0.691 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 55 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20300 | 71400 | 0.7159 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 20400 | 56900 | 0.641 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 58 | St. Mary's University | 20500 | 70300 | 0.7086 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 60 | Hiram College | 20700 | 48700 | 0.5755 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 61 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20800 | 26600 | 0.218 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.1305 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 64 | North Central College | 21000 | 63700 | 0.6708 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 65 | Albright College | 21200 | 49300 | 0.5699 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 66 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 67 | Hamline University | 21400 | 56500 | 0.6207 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 67 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21400 | 42400 | 0.4949 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 67 | Virginia Union University | 21400 | 38800 | 0.4489 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 70 | Rockford University | 21800 | 68200 | 0.6809 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 72 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 72 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 74 | Lycoming College | 22000 | 65800 | 0.6661 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 75 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4667 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 76 | Cottey College | 22300 | 37300 | 0.4022 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 77 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 78 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 79 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22700 | 78600 | 0.7116 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 79 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 81 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 82 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23000 | 68400 | 0.6638 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 83 | Concordia University-Chicago | 23200 | 67800 | 0.658 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 85 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 86 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 87 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5713 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 89 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4487 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 90 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 91 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 93 | Heidelberg University | 24500 | 48600 | 0.496 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 93 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 95 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 95 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 98 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 99 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 26900 | 0.0445 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 100 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 100 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 26100 | 61100 | 0.5727 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 102 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26200 | 61400 | 0.5725 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26300 | 79400 | 0.6689 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 106 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 108 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 108 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 110 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1459 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 111 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 111 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 113 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27400 | 29500 | 0.0724 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 115 | Johnson C Smith University | 27500 | 47400 | 0.4201 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 116 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 116 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6102 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 118 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5465 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 119 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 119 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 122 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 122 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 124 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 126 | Kansas State University | 29200 | 31400 | 0.0717 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 127 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 128 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 129 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4087 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 130 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29800 | 37200 | 0.1987 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 131 | Dominican University of California | 30100 | 69200 | 0.5648 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 132 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 133 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 134 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 135 | University of St Thomas | 31100 | 70300 | 0.5579 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 136 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 137 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 138 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 139 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 139 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 39200 | 0.186 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 32000 | 67100 | 0.5231 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 141 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 143 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 144 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 145 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 146 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 147 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 148 | Siena College | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 150 | Fort Lewis College | 34800 | 41400 | 0.1596 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 151 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 151 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 153 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 154 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 155 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 157 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 159 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 159 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 71500 | 0.4898 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 161 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 162 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 162 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 164 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 165 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37900 | 61600 | 0.3844 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 167 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 168 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 169 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 171 | The University of Montana | 39900 | 45900 | 0.1308 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 172 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 174 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 41100 | 68300 | 0.398 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 177 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 178 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1948 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 180 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 47100 | 63700 | 0.2607 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 186 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 188 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 75400 | 77800 | 0.0308 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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