Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 25900 | 0.704 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 10300 | 25900 | 0.6033 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 22900 | 0.5212 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 44000 | 0.7411 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12000 | 19300 | 0.3783 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12500 | 24900 | 0.4972 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | Central Connecticut State University | 13000 | 34200 | 0.6196 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6238 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14400 | 44000 | 0.6727 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 18 | Virginia Union University | 14400 | 51700 | 0.7217 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4033 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 23 | Avila University | 15500 | 81100 | 0.8087 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Ursuline College | 15600 | 83000 | 0.8123 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 26 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28500 | 0.4427 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 27 | University of West Georgia | 16000 | 57700 | 0.7233 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 28 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3905 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 28 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 31 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17300 | 19400 | 0.1082 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 35 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 37 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 37 | Ohio Dominican University | 18100 | 77400 | 0.7664 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6549 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 40 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18200 | 37200 | 0.5105 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 42 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 62600 | 0.6996 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18900 | 48900 | 0.6131 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 43 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7614 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 46 | Coker University | 19000 | 47800 | 0.6028 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 47 | McMurry University | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7315 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 49 | Illinois College | 19600 | 55200 | 0.6449 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 50 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 50 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3038 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 53 | Carlow University | 19800 | 53900 | 0.6324 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 54 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6464 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 54 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 24400 | 0.1682 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 56 | Regis University | 20400 | 67400 | 0.6973 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 56 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 20500 | 37300 | 0.4519 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 60 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 61 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 61 | University of Lynchburg | 20800 | 60800 | 0.6578 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 64 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 64 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 66 | University of Mobile | 21600 | 46000 | 0.5305 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 67 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5542 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 67 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 69 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 70 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 71 | Rockford University | 22400 | 80500 | 0.7216 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 71 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.463 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 73 | Hastings College | 22600 | 53300 | 0.5757 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 73 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 75 | Manchester University | 22700 | 54100 | 0.58 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23400 | 52700 | 0.556 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23500 | 89100 | 0.7361 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 78 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 79 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5852 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 24700 | 54500 | 0.5467 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 80 | University of St Thomas | 24700 | 51400 | 0.5195 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 82 | Cedar Crest College | 24900 | 67800 | 0.6327 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 83 | Lebanon Valley College | 25300 | 72200 | 0.6499 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25300 | 28700 | 0.1183 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 85 | Le Moyne College | 25400 | 58200 | 0.5639 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 85 | Webster University | 25400 | 66600 | 0.6188 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 87 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 88 | Heidelberg University | 25800 | 48600 | 0.4692 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 88 | Lakeland University | 25800 | 56500 | 0.5437 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 88 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 91 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 92 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 78600 | 0.664 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 92 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 94 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 94 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27100 | 63800 | 0.5751 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 96 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 96 | University of La Verne | 27100 | 71200 | 0.6196 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 99 | William Peace University | 27300 | 50200 | 0.4574 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 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 | |
| 102 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 103 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 104 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5438 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 105 | Marquette University | 28100 | 63800 | 0.5597 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 105 | North Central College | 28100 | 66700 | 0.5785 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 107 | Flagler College | 28200 | 61900 | 0.544 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28400 | 70100 | 0.5943 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5912 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 109 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 28600 | 60800 | 0.5294 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 113 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | William Penn University | 29300 | 48000 | 0.3892 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 117 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 118 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 119 | Baker University | 29900 | 54800 | 0.454 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30300 | 54700 | 0.4464 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 122 | Randolph-Macon College | 30500 | 71600 | 0.5736 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 122 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 30500 | 61100 | 0.5007 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 124 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 125 | Assumption University | 31000 | 74400 | 0.5831 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 126 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31300 | 47100 | 0.3372 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 127 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31600 | 39200 | 0.1926 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 128 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31700 | 50000 | 0.3675 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 129 | Western Kentucky University | 32200 | 43300 | 0.2563 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 32500 | 61900 | 0.4741 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 132 | Lasell University | 32600 | 50800 | 0.3586 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 132 | St Bonaventure University | 32600 | 64800 | 0.4967 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 132 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 135 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 136 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 32800 | 38800 | 0.1548 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 137 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 53100 | 0.3709 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 138 | Hamline University | 33700 | 70100 | 0.5191 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 139 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | Siena University | 33900 | 66400 | 0.4896 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 34000 | 73700 | 0.5388 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34100 | 39000 | 0.1256 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 143 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 146 | Framingham State University | 36000 | 38100 | 0.0551 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | St. John Fisher University | 36400 | 64800 | 0.4382 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 149 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 150 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 151 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37100 | 74600 | 0.5025 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 152 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37300 | 40700 | 0.0834 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 153 | Lander University | 37400 | 37700 | 0.008 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 154 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 155 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | Howard Payne University | 38100 | 54500 | 0.3008 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 158 | Crown College | 38500 | 53200 | 0.2754 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 159 | Pacific University | 38700 | 74900 | 0.4831 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 160 | Concordia University Texas | 39100 | 45800 | 0.1471 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 162 | Arcadia University | 39200 | 71600 | 0.4528 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 39200 | 64600 | 0.3932 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 164 | Saint Anselm College | 39700 | 77000 | 0.4845 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5394 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 39800 | 52200 | 0.2374 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 167 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 168 | Dominican University of California | 40600 | 69200 | 0.4129 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 169 | The University of Montana | 41100 | 56800 | 0.2766 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 170 | Champlain College | 41200 | 105100 | 0.6081 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 172 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.469 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 173 | Union University | 43600 | 66000 | 0.3391 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 174 | LeTourneau University | 44500 | 57300 | 0.2232 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 175 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 176 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 177 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 178 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48800 | 68800 | 0.2908 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50200 | 64700 | 0.2242 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 183 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72000 | 0.289 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 187 | Stonehill College | 68400 | 76100 | 0.1012 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 188 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 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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