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 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4941 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 31200 | 0.6128 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3768 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12300 | 18700 | 0.3426 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 12600 | 57700 | 0.7815 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13700 | 28000 | 0.5104 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14100 | 24300 | 0.4191 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 15 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5245 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14700 | 20500 | 0.2819 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 18 | Avila University | 14800 | 67500 | 0.7807 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 37900 | 0.6064 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 20 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3894 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 24 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15800 | 86700 | 0.818 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 25 | Coker University | 16000 | 47800 | 0.6656 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 25 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16200 | 42300 | 0.6168 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 27 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 32000 | 0.4857 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 30 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 31 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 31 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16600 | 47600 | 0.6518 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 33 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 34 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 35 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17000 | 29500 | 0.4235 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4986 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 19700 | 0.1221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 38 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3531 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 36500 | 0.5127 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5637 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 18100 | 37400 | 0.5164 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18200 | 28200 | 0.3542 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 45 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 46 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 46 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 18700 | 60400 | 0.6902 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 18800 | 48000 | 0.6087 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 50 | Hastings College | 19200 | 71100 | 0.7299 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 51 | Carlow University | 19300 | 79300 | 0.7562 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 51 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2339 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19700 | 51200 | 0.6152 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 53 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 55 | Central Connecticut State University | 19800 | 29500 | 0.3286 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 57 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 58 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 71400 | 0.7189 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 58 | University of Mobile | 20100 | 56900 | 0.6462 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 60 | Ohio Dominican University | 20200 | 65800 | 0.6926 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 60 | St. Mary's University | 20200 | 70300 | 0.7129 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 62 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20900 | 53000 | 0.6062 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 65 | Hamline University | 21100 | 56500 | 0.626 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 65 | Virginia Union University | 21100 | 38800 | 0.4567 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 67 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 28200 | 0.238 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Rockford University | 21500 | 68200 | 0.6851 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 70 | Lycoming College | 21600 | 65800 | 0.6723 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 71 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5529 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 71 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 71 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 74 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 74 | Upper Iowa University | 21900 | 41700 | 0.4743 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 76 | Cottey College | 22000 | 37300 | 0.4108 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 77 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22400 | 78600 | 0.7154 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 78 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 79 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 80 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22700 | 68400 | 0.6682 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 80 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 82 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 83 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23600 | 48900 | 0.517 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 83 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 85 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 86 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4489 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 89 | Heidelberg University | 24200 | 48600 | 0.5021 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 89 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 80400 | 0.6989 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 91 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 91 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 93 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 94 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 96 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 97 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 98 | Flagler College | 25800 | 61100 | 0.5776 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 98 | Seattle Pacific University | 25800 | 77000 | 0.6653 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25900 | 67800 | 0.6181 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 100 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25900 | 61400 | 0.5774 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 100 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26100 | 79400 | 0.6715 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 106 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 107 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2754 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 108 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 109 | Capital University | 27100 | 80300 | 0.6626 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 109 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 111 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 112 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 47400 | 0.4243 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 114 | Marquette University | 27400 | 66200 | 0.5858 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 115 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5521 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 116 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6102 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 117 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 117 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 120 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 122 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 122 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 124 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 125 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 125 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 127 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 128 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 128 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4146 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 130 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 131 | Dominican University of California | 29800 | 69200 | 0.5698 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 132 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 133 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 134 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 134 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 136 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56400 | 0.4504 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 136 | University of St Thomas | 31000 | 70300 | 0.5594 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 138 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 138 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 140 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 141 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 141 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.3827 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 143 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 144 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 144 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 146 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 146 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 148 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 149 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 150 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 151 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 152 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 153 | Hofstra University | 34500 | 77000 | 0.5518 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 153 | Siena College | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 155 | Barry University | 34600 | 56400 | 0.3863 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 156 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 157 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 158 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 159 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 162 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 163 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 164 | University of the Pacific | 36600 | 71500 | 0.4884 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 166 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 167 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 168 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37300 | 61600 | 0.3942 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 169 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 170 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 171 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 172 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 173 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 173 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 175 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 175 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 175 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40100 | 92400 | 0.5659 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 178 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 179 | Butler University | 41100 | 68300 | 0.398 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 180 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 181 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 182 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 53700 | 0.2029 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 183 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 184 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 187 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 189 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 194 | Gonzaga University | 75500 | 77800 | 0.0296 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 76400 | 82500 | 0.0739 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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