Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93000 | 0.9421 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8100 | 36700 | 0.7801 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5125 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 13400 | 25900 | 0.4834 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 17100 | 0.2104 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 13800 | 25400 | 0.4559 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 14100 | 23300 | 0.3948 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5163 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14400 | 24900 | 0.421 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of St Thomas | 15900 | 50900 | 0.6879 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 18 | Avila University | 16800 | 67600 | 0.752 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 19 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 19 | Coker University | 16900 | 47800 | 0.6467 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17200 | 28400 | 0.3948 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17700 | 28800 | 0.3857 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18000 | 29800 | 0.3966 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 25 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 26 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.4826 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 29 | Framingham State University | 18800 | 31000 | 0.3938 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 30 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 31 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2733 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 32 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19500 | 25800 | 0.2441 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 34 | Lee University | 19700 | 37100 | 0.4684 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 34 | University of West Georgia | 19700 | 23600 | 0.165 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 36 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 37 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 38 | McMurry University | 20100 | 46600 | 0.5692 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 40 | Niagara University | 20600 | 57400 | 0.6409 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 40 | Virginia Union University | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3353 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 42 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3852 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 21300 | 30900 | 0.3103 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 47 | Stockton University | 21300 | 32100 | 0.3363 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 49 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 50 | Cottey College | 21600 | 37300 | 0.4201 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 51 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 51 | Lycoming College | 21800 | 65800 | 0.6691 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 51 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 55 | Upper Iowa University | 22100 | 41700 | 0.4704 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 56 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 22800 | 32600 | 0.3007 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 59 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 23000 | 58100 | 0.6046 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 61 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 29900 | 0.2211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 62 | Ohio Dominican University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.5548 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 63 | Hamline University | 23900 | 56500 | 0.5765 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 63 | University of Mobile | 23900 | 44500 | 0.4625 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 63 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24200 | 76300 | 0.6831 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 68 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 69 | Heidelberg University | 24400 | 48600 | 0.498 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 69 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 69 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 72 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 73 | University of Lynchburg | 24600 | 54900 | 0.5524 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 74 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 75 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 75 | Rockford University | 24800 | 60300 | 0.5885 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 77 | Flagler College | 24900 | 37800 | 0.3415 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 78 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 78 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 80 | California State University-Fresno | 25100 | 35900 | 0.3007 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 81 | St. Mary's University | 25200 | 55900 | 0.5494 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 82 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 83 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 84 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26000 | 47100 | 0.4476 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 84 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 86 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26200 | 48900 | 0.4639 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 89 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 89 | Saint Edward's University | 26600 | 71900 | 0.6297 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 91 | Webster University | 27000 | 54300 | 0.5024 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 92 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 94 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27300 | 40900 | 0.3327 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 95 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 96 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27700 | 61400 | 0.5492 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 96 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 99 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38400 | 0.268 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 101 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 102 | Assumption University | 28300 | 72600 | 0.61 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 102 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 104 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | Regis University | 28700 | 67200 | 0.5726 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 107 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1946 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 108 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 109 | William Peace University | 29600 | 50200 | 0.4116 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 111 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 111 | Lasell University | 30000 | 46400 | 0.3517 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 111 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 114 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 115 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 117 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 117 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 119 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 120 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 122 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 123 | University of Rhode Island | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3037 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 124 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 125 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 126 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 126 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 131 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33100 | 68400 | 0.5161 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 131 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4613 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 67200 | 0.4998 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 136 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 137 | St. John Fisher University | 34300 | 63700 | 0.4617 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 137 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 139 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 34700 | 54600 | 0.3644 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 143 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.406 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 144 | University of Southern Maine | 35900 | 37100 | 0.0323 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 145 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 145 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 36200 | 48900 | 0.2597 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 147 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Texas | 36500 | 43600 | 0.1629 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 151 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2629 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 153 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 154 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 155 | Hofstra University | 38700 | 74600 | 0.4811 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 156 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 157 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 158 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 159 | Marquette University | 41100 | 75100 | 0.4529 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 160 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 161 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 41700 | 56800 | 0.2656 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 163 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 164 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42300 | 52100 | 0.1881 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 164 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 52400 | 0.1926 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 164 | Saint Joseph's University | 42300 | 74500 | 0.4321 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 168 | Butler University | 43200 | 64500 | 0.3301 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 169 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 170 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 171 | University of St Thomas | 50200 | 70300 | 0.2861 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 175 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 176 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 54900 | 64800 | 0.1527 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Stonehill College | 69500 | 69500 | 0.0001 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 181 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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