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 | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4121 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6262 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11500 | 20500 | 0.4381 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 23500 | 0.4859 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 10 | University of Southern Maine | 13000 | 23000 | 0.4343 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13300 | 38300 | 0.6521 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5853 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5805 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 14 | Virginia Union University | 14200 | 51700 | 0.7256 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6265 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 17 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14400 | 44000 | 0.6727 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 19 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 26000 | 0.4149 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 15400 | 81100 | 0.81 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4033 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 20 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 23 | Ursuline College | 15500 | 83000 | 0.8135 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4463 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 26 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15900 | 90700 | 0.8247 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 26 | University of Florida | 15900 | 22500 | 0.2932 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 28 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 29 | Indiana State University | 16400 | 32400 | 0.494 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 41200 | 0.5978 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 30 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 49700 | 0.6662 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26600 | 0.365 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17200 | 19400 | 0.1133 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 35 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 36 | Tabor College | 17700 | 75500 | 0.7658 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17800 | 52300 | 0.6594 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 38 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 38 | Ohio Dominican University | 18000 | 77400 | 0.7677 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 40 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 25200 | 0.2814 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 40 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 37200 | 0.5132 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 43 | North Central College | 18200 | 64300 | 0.7168 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 44 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.687 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 45 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 48900 | 0.6172 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18700 | 79300 | 0.7637 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 47 | Coker University | 18900 | 47800 | 0.6049 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 49 | McMurry University | 19000 | 71400 | 0.7343 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 50 | Norwich University | 19100 | 100600 | 0.8104 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 27400 | 0.3031 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 52 | Illinois College | 19600 | 55200 | 0.6449 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 53 | Carlow University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.6343 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 53 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 53 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 20000 | 47400 | 0.5782 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 57 | Regis University | 20200 | 67400 | 0.7003 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 20300 | 37300 | 0.4568 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 58 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 58 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6464 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 61 | Hiram College | 20600 | 48700 | 0.5768 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 62 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 63 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21100 | 38000 | 0.4453 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 64 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Iowa | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1371 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 66 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 66 | University of Mobile | 21500 | 46000 | 0.5327 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 21800 | 25200 | 0.1346 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 69 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 71 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4667 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 73 | Rockford University | 22400 | 80100 | 0.7205 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 74 | Hastings College | 22600 | 53300 | 0.5757 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 75 | Manchester University | 22700 | 54100 | 0.58 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22700 | 52400 | 0.5669 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 77 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 78 | Concordia University-Chicago | 23100 | 78600 | 0.706 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 78 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23300 | 89100 | 0.7384 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 81 | Dominican University | 23800 | 56000 | 0.5742 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5852 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 83 | University of St Thomas | 24700 | 51400 | 0.5195 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 84 | Le Moyne College | 25300 | 58200 | 0.5656 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 85 | Webster University | 25400 | 66600 | 0.6188 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 86 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 25800 | 48600 | 0.4692 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 25800 | 56500 | 0.5437 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 87 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 91 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 91 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 93 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 93 | University of La Verne | 26700 | 71200 | 0.6252 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 95 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 97 | Capital University | 27100 | 63800 | 0.5751 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 97 | William Peace University | 27100 | 50200 | 0.4607 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 100 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2782 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 101 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6126 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 101 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27600 | 30000 | 0.0798 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 103 | Delaware State University | 27700 | 62600 | 0.5574 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 103 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 103 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27700 | 38200 | 0.275 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 106 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5465 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 107 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0823 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 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 | University of Hartford | 28400 | 70100 | 0.5943 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5912 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 29300 | 38600 | 0.2411 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29300 | 112100 | 0.7385 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 114 | William Penn University | 29300 | 48000 | 0.3892 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 71700 | 0.5874 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 118 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 119 | Baker University | 29900 | 54800 | 0.454 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30300 | 54700 | 0.4464 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 121 | Randolph-Macon College | 30500 | 71600 | 0.5736 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 122 | Lebanon Valley College | 30800 | 72200 | 0.5732 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 123 | Western Kentucky University | 30900 | 42800 | 0.2783 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 124 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31300 | 47100 | 0.3372 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 125 | Lasell University | 31400 | 50800 | 0.3822 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 125 | Marquette University | 31400 | 75900 | 0.5862 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 127 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 31600 | 38800 | 0.1858 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31600 | 39200 | 0.1926 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 129 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31700 | 50000 | 0.3675 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32200 | 92900 | 0.6537 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 32400 | 61900 | 0.4765 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 132 | Assumption University | 32500 | 74400 | 0.5629 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 133 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 134 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 135 | Hamline University | 33600 | 70100 | 0.5205 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 136 | Siena University | 33700 | 66300 | 0.4917 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 137 | DePaul University | 34200 | 69400 | 0.5069 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 137 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 139 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63900 | 0.4541 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 35300 | 58800 | 0.3997 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | Emmanuel College | 35400 | 73700 | 0.5198 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 144 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 41000 | 0.1294 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 146 | St. John Fisher University | 36300 | 64800 | 0.4397 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 147 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37000 | 74600 | 0.5039 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 148 | Lander University | 37400 | 37700 | 0.008 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 151 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 151 | Howard Payne University | 38100 | 54500 | 0.3008 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 153 | Crown College | 38500 | 53200 | 0.2754 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 154 | Pacific University | 38700 | 74900 | 0.4831 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 156 | Concordia University Texas | 39100 | 45800 | 0.1471 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 157 | Arcadia University | 39200 | 71600 | 0.4528 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 39200 | 64600 | 0.3932 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 160 | Champlain College | 39700 | 105100 | 0.6224 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 160 | Saint Anselm College | 39700 | 77000 | 0.4845 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 163 | Fresno Pacific University | 39800 | 52200 | 0.2374 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 164 | Saint Michael's College | 40000 | 75800 | 0.4722 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 165 | Dominican University of California | 40500 | 69200 | 0.4147 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 166 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 167 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 168 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 50500 | 0.1624 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 169 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.469 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58500 | 0.2665 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 171 | Arkansas State University | 43100 | 44600 | 0.0336 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 172 | Union University | 43600 | 66000 | 0.3391 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 173 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 174 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 175 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 175 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 177 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 178 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62400 | 0.2363 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48700 | 68800 | 0.2922 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 180 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 181 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 182 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 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 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 76100 | 0.0999 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 187 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 77700 | 0.0875 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 188 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 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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