Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 5000 | 93000 | 0.9464 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5125 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 13300 | 25900 | 0.4873 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4609 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 29300 | 0.5213 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14200 | 24900 | 0.429 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 28000 | 0.4675 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15200 | 19300 | 0.2124 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | University of St Thomas | 15800 | 50900 | 0.6899 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 19 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 16600 | 67600 | 0.755 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Coker University | 16700 | 47800 | 0.6509 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 22 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 23 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 24 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 25 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17500 | 28800 | 0.3926 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17800 | 29800 | 0.4034 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 28 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 28 | Framingham State University | 18300 | 31000 | 0.4098 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 30 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 30 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 18600 | 36100 | 0.4853 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 34 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3041 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 36 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 37 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19400 | 25800 | 0.2479 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 38 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2741 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 40 | Lee University | 19500 | 37100 | 0.4738 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 40 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 42 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 42 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 23600 | 0.1692 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 44 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 45 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 20000 | 46600 | 0.5713 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20200 | 33400 | 0.3957 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 48 | Niagara University | 20500 | 57400 | 0.6426 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Virginia Union University | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3386 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 20500 | 23300 | 0.1202 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 52 | Lebanon Valley College | 20800 | 71600 | 0.7097 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 53 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2292 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 56 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 57 | Cottey College | 21500 | 37300 | 0.4246 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 58 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6722 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 59 | Tabor College | 21700 | 55600 | 0.6094 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 60 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 61 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4742 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 62 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43300 | 0.4846 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 63 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 22600 | 32600 | 0.3069 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 64 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 22600 | 29800 | 0.2413 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 66 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 67 | Carlow University | 22900 | 58100 | 0.6063 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 69 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 29900 | 0.2211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 70 | Hamline University | 23700 | 56500 | 0.5801 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 70 | Ohio Dominican University | 23700 | 53500 | 0.5566 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 72 | University of Mobile | 23800 | 44500 | 0.4648 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 73 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24000 | 76300 | 0.6857 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 74 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 77 | Heidelberg University | 24200 | 48600 | 0.5021 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 77 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 60500 | 0.5996 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 79 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 80 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 81 | University of Lynchburg | 24500 | 54900 | 0.5543 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 82 | Flagler College | 24700 | 37800 | 0.3468 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 82 | Rockford University | 24700 | 60300 | 0.5901 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 82 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 85 | California State University-Fresno | 25000 | 35900 | 0.3035 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 85 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 87 | St. Mary's University | 25100 | 55900 | 0.5512 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 88 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 89 | Marquette University | 25500 | 65700 | 0.6115 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 90 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 47100 | 0.4497 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 90 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 92 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26000 | 48900 | 0.468 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 92 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 94 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 95 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 96 | Saint Edward's University | 26500 | 71900 | 0.6311 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 98 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 99 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2773 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 99 | Webster University | 26900 | 54300 | 0.5042 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27000 | 36700 | 0.2624 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27100 | 68600 | 0.6051 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 102 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 104 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 41000 | 0.3338 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 105 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.552 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 106 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 108 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 109 | Assumption University | 28300 | 74400 | 0.62 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 109 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 113 | Regis University | 28600 | 67200 | 0.574 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 114 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 115 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4146 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 118 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 118 | Lander University | 30000 | 37000 | 0.1893 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 118 | Le Moyne College | 30000 | 53700 | 0.4414 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 122 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 124 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 124 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 126 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 127 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 129 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 130 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 131 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 131 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 135 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 136 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 137 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32900 | 68400 | 0.5191 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 138 | Stockton University | 33100 | 44500 | 0.2563 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 140 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 141 | Emmanuel College | 34000 | 68300 | 0.5024 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 143 | St. John Fisher University | 34200 | 63700 | 0.4632 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 145 | Saint Anselm College | 34400 | 73700 | 0.5332 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 34600 | 54600 | 0.3662 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 150 | University of Southern Maine | 35800 | 37100 | 0.035 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 152 | Concordia University Texas | 36300 | 43600 | 0.1675 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 157 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2629 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 160 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Hofstra University | 38600 | 74600 | 0.4824 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38700 | 48900 | 0.2086 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 163 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 164 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 165 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 165 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 167 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 168 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 169 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 170 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 43200 | 64500 | 0.3301 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 172 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 173 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47000 | 58800 | 0.2007 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 174 | University of St Thomas | 50300 | 70300 | 0.2847 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 54800 | 64800 | 0.1543 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | 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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