Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 4 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 7 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4786 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 13 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 19 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 20 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 21 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5431 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 25 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17300 | 29800 | 0.419 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 30 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 32 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 32 | Ursuline College | 18400 | 61900 | 0.7023 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 42200 | 0.5539 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | The University of Montana | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2458 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 36 | Carlow University | 19600 | 82500 | 0.7625 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 37 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 37 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 39300 | 0.4983 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 37 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 37 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 37 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 37 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 43 | Concordia University-Chicago | 19800 | 54900 | 0.6388 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 43 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 45 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 46 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6141 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 48 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 48 | Ohio Dominican University | 20200 | 55400 | 0.6354 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 50 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 50 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 53 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 54 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3906 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 56 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 57 | University of Lynchburg | 21700 | 54900 | 0.6051 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 59 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 60 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 62 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 62 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4633 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 64 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3983 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 65 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 66 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 67 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 68 | Hastings College | 23400 | 63000 | 0.6286 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 69 | Albright College | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5232 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 70 | Hamline University | 23600 | 56500 | 0.5818 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 71 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 73 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 74 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 74 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 74 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 77 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 78 | University of St Thomas | 25400 | 50900 | 0.5012 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 80 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 81 | Heidelberg University | 25800 | 48600 | 0.4692 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 81 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 81 | William Peace University | 25800 | 50200 | 0.4872 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 84 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 84 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3922 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 86 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 86 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4551 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 91 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 92 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 93 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 94 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 27000 | 0.0074 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 95 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 97 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 98 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 98 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 36500 | 0.2495 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 100 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 101 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 101 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 103 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.544 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 104 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 106 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 106 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 108 | North Central College | 28600 | 64900 | 0.5594 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 109 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 109 | Flagler College | 28800 | 61200 | 0.5293 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 111 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2223 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 112 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 59400 | 0.505 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 113 | Regis University | 29400 | 67200 | 0.5621 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 113 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 117 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 118 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 121 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 122 | Saint Michael's College | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5448 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 123 | Lebanon Valley College | 31300 | 72400 | 0.5679 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 124 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 125 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 126 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3857 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 127 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 128 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 129 | Marquette University | 32800 | 66500 | 0.5067 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 130 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 131 | Lander University | 33500 | 37700 | 0.1115 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 132 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1201 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 135 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33700 | 40900 | 0.176 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 136 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 137 | Assumption University | 34300 | 74400 | 0.5387 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 138 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 139 | Siena University | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 140 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 142 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 35200 | 56400 | 0.3757 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 35600 | 83900 | 0.5758 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 148 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 149 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35900 | 61100 | 0.4131 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 151 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 152 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 153 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1574 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 155 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 156 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 157 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 159 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 160 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 161 | LeTourneau University | 38300 | 54800 | 0.3013 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 162 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 163 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 163 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 165 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 166 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 166 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 168 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 169 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 169 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 171 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 174 | Dominican University of California | 40600 | 69200 | 0.4131 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 175 | Champlain College | 41000 | 76000 | 0.4608 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41400 | 67900 | 0.3905 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 177 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 178 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 179 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3375 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 180 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 181 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 182 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.221 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 189 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 70600 | 0.0297 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 190 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 191 | 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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