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 | University of Pennsylvania | 4500 | 93100 | 0.9521 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11100 | 32800 | 0.6612 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 2 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11100 | 28100 | 0.6048 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 54600 | 0.7926 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 23500 | 0.4859 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 8 | University of Southern Maine | 13000 | 23000 | 0.4343 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 9 | Central Connecticut State University | 13200 | 34200 | 0.6138 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13300 | 38300 | 0.6521 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5856 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5802 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 15 | Virginia Union University | 14200 | 51700 | 0.7256 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Marcos | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6265 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14400 | 44000 | 0.6727 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 14700 | 19400 | 0.2422 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 21 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 40400 | 0.6267 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 15400 | 81100 | 0.81 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 22 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.399 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 24 | Ursuline College | 15500 | 83000 | 0.8135 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15900 | 90700 | 0.8247 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3957 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 30 | Niagara University | 16300 | 57400 | 0.7158 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 31 | Indiana State University | 16400 | 32400 | 0.494 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 31 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4251 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 41200 | 0.5978 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 49700 | 0.6662 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26600 | 0.365 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 37 | Tabor College | 17700 | 75500 | 0.7658 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17800 | 52300 | 0.6594 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 39 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 39 | Ohio Dominican University | 18000 | 77400 | 0.7677 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 41 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 41 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 25200 | 0.2814 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 43 | North Central College | 18200 | 64300 | 0.7168 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 45 | University of Lynchburg | 18600 | 58900 | 0.6852 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 62600 | 0.7012 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 46 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 48900 | 0.6172 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 48 | Coker University | 18800 | 47800 | 0.607 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 48 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18800 | 79300 | 0.7636 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 51 | McMurry University | 19000 | 71400 | 0.7343 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 52 | Norwich University | 19100 | 100600 | 0.8104 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 27400 | 0.3031 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 54 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3626 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19500 | 24000 | 0.1907 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 56 | Carlow University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.6343 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 56 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 56 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 56 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.633 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 60 | Regis University | 20100 | 67400 | 0.7017 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 61 | Cottey College | 20300 | 37300 | 0.4571 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 61 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6479 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 61 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 24400 | 0.1682 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1898 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | University of Northern Iowa | 20500 | 24800 | 0.1731 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 66 | Hiram College | 20600 | 48700 | 0.5766 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 20800 | 35900 | 0.4198 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 69 | Old Dominion University | 21300 | 32400 | 0.3424 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 70 | St. Mary's University | 21400 | 82100 | 0.7396 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 70 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 72 | University of Mobile | 21500 | 46000 | 0.5327 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 73 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 75 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4671 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 76 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6213 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 76 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 26000 | 0.1383 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 76 | Rockford University | 22400 | 80100 | 0.7205 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 79 | Hastings College | 22500 | 53300 | 0.5776 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22700 | 52400 | 0.5669 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 81 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 82 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 83 | Concordia University-Chicago | 23100 | 78600 | 0.706 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 83 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23300 | 89100 | 0.7384 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4927 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5722 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 88 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5833 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 89 | University of St Thomas | 24800 | 51400 | 0.5176 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 90 | Le Moyne College | 25300 | 58200 | 0.5656 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 91 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 91 | Webster University | 25500 | 66600 | 0.6173 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 93 | Heidelberg University | 25700 | 48600 | 0.4713 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 94 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 94 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 79200 | 0.6734 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 97 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 97 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 99 | University of La Verne | 26700 | 71200 | 0.6252 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 100 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27100 | 63800 | 0.5751 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 101 | William Peace University | 27100 | 50200 | 0.461 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 103 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.278 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 104 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 105 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 105 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27700 | 30000 | 0.0762 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 107 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 108 | Flagler College | 28100 | 61900 | 0.5456 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 108 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28400 | 69700 | 0.5925 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 112 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1027 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 29000 | 32000 | 0.0949 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 114 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29300 | 112100 | 0.7385 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.3869 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 71700 | 0.5874 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 118 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0712 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 119 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4444 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 122 | Randolph-Macon College | 30500 | 71600 | 0.5736 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 123 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 30600 | 38200 | 0.1974 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 124 | Lebanon Valley College | 30800 | 72200 | 0.5732 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 125 | Western Kentucky University | 30900 | 42800 | 0.2783 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 126 | Marquette University | 31400 | 75900 | 0.5862 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 126 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3348 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 128 | Lasell University | 31500 | 50800 | 0.3802 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 129 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 129 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1898 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 131 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3653 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32100 | 92900 | 0.6548 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 32400 | 61900 | 0.4772 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 134 | Assumption University | 32600 | 74400 | 0.5615 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 135 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 136 | Hamline University | 33600 | 70100 | 0.5205 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 33700 | 66300 | 0.4917 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | DePaul University | 34100 | 69400 | 0.5083 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 139 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 140 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 141 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63900 | 0.4541 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 144 | Emmanuel College | 35400 | 73700 | 0.5198 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 145 | Texas Tech University | 35600 | 41000 | 0.1318 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 147 | St. John Fisher University | 36300 | 64800 | 0.4397 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 148 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0824 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 149 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 150 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1355 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 150 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36900 | 74600 | 0.5052 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 152 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37400 | 50400 | 0.2577 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 152 | Lander University | 37400 | 37700 | 0.008 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 154 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0568 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 155 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 158 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2733 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 160 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1447 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 162 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 164 | Saint Michael's College | 39500 | 75800 | 0.4788 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 166 | Champlain College | 39900 | 105100 | 0.6205 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 166 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2353 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39900 | 77000 | 0.4819 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 169 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 170 | Dominican University of California | 40500 | 69200 | 0.4149 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 172 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 43200 | 44600 | 0.0314 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 174 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 175 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 176 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 177 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 178 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3014 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 179 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48700 | 68800 | 0.2922 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50900 | 63800 | 0.2021 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 184 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 185 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Stonehill College | 68600 | 76100 | 0.0985 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 188 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 77700 | 0.0875 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 189 | 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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