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 Pennsylvania | 7400 | 92900 | 0.9206 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Southern Maine | 11100 | 23000 | 0.5168 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11500 | 51900 | 0.7788 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6256 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 45900 | 0.7393 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12300 | 18700 | 0.3426 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 12600 | 57700 | 0.7815 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5134 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 13200 | 25800 | 0.488 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13700 | 31000 | 0.5576 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14300 | 19300 | 0.2591 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14400 | 37900 | 0.6196 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5249 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14600 | 26700 | 0.454 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 21 | Avila University | 14800 | 67500 | 0.7807 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4329 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 23 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 26 | Carlow University | 15300 | 57800 | 0.7354 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 27 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15400 | 67400 | 0.772 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 28 | Delaware State University | 15600 | 46500 | 0.6646 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 29 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16200 | 42300 | 0.6168 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 39700 | 0.5871 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | Coker University | 16500 | 47800 | 0.6551 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 32 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 32 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16600 | 47600 | 0.6518 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 35 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17000 | 29500 | 0.4235 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 37 | University of Florida | 17300 | 22500 | 0.231 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 46400 | 0.6202 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 36500 | 0.5099 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18100 | 28200 | 0.3577 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 18100 | 37400 | 0.5164 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 45 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 46 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 47 | McMurry University | 18700 | 60400 | 0.6902 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 48 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2536 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 24900 | 0.2331 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 50 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2339 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 51 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 19800 | 29500 | 0.3286 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 54 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5867 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 71400 | 0.7188 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 56 | St. Mary's University | 20200 | 70300 | 0.7129 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 57 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 42400 | 0.5209 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 58 | University of Mobile | 20400 | 56900 | 0.641 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 59 | Hamline University | 20600 | 56500 | 0.6349 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 59 | Virginia Union University | 20600 | 38800 | 0.4696 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 61 | Ohio Dominican University | 20900 | 65800 | 0.6819 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20900 | 53000 | 0.6062 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 28200 | 0.2486 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 64 | Hastings College | 21300 | 71100 | 0.7004 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 66 | Rockford University | 21400 | 68200 | 0.6866 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 67 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6726 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 68 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5528 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 68 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 70 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4746 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4111 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 72 | Tabor College | 22000 | 65000 | 0.6619 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 74 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22400 | 78600 | 0.7154 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 75 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6194 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 75 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 77 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 61200 | 0.6306 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 79 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5769 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 80 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 81 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23300 | 68400 | 0.6594 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 82 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 83 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24100 | 48900 | 0.5068 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 83 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 86 | Heidelberg University | 24200 | 48600 | 0.5021 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 86 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 80400 | 0.6989 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 88 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 89 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5823 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 89 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 91 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5407 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 92 | Mary Baldwin University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4839 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 93 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 94 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25700 | 61400 | 0.5806 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25800 | 79400 | 0.6752 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 25800 | 61100 | 0.5776 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | Seattle Pacific University | 25800 | 77000 | 0.6653 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 67800 | 0.6181 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 99 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5409 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 99 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 27000 | 0.0407 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 102 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4743 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 103 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 104 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 105 | Capital University | 27100 | 80300 | 0.6626 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 108 | Loyola University New Orleans | 27200 | 72100 | 0.6226 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 108 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 110 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 47400 | 0.4243 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 110 | Marquette University | 27300 | 66200 | 0.5873 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 112 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5523 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 113 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6101 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 114 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.559 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 114 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 117 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2247 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 118 | California Lutheran University | 28200 | 70000 | 0.5974 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 119 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 119 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 121 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 122 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 123 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4149 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 125 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3837 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 126 | Dominican University of California | 29800 | 69200 | 0.5699 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 127 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4491 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 128 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 128 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 66800 | 0.5432 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 130 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 131 | University of St Thomas | 31000 | 70300 | 0.5594 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 132 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 133 | Lasell University | 31400 | 48500 | 0.3523 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 134 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3315 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 135 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 135 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3622 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 135 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.3826 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 139 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 140 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0619 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 142 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 143 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 144 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 145 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 146 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 34000 | 77000 | 0.5583 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 147 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 149 | Barry University | 34100 | 56400 | 0.3952 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 149 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 151 | Siena College | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4686 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76800 | 0.5466 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 153 | Lander University | 34900 | 37700 | 0.0744 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 154 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 155 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 156 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4047 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 157 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 158 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 159 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 160 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 161 | University of the Pacific | 36600 | 71500 | 0.4884 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0785 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 163 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 164 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37200 | 61600 | 0.3958 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 165 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 166 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0529 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 167 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2959 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2704 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 169 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4796 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1413 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 173 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 174 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 174 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 176 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 177 | Butler University | 41100 | 68300 | 0.398 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 178 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41500 | 53700 | 0.2271 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 179 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3351 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 48600 | 67100 | 0.2757 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 187 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 188 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 190 | University of La Verne | 57000 | 67300 | 0.1531 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 191 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 192 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 193 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 194 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 77800 | 0.0912 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 75800 | 82500 | 0.0812 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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