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 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11900 | 20500 | 0.417 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 28000 | 0.5425 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5127 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 13 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 15100 | 29800 | 0.4928 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 13 | University of St Thomas | 15100 | 50900 | 0.7036 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 16 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0759 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 17 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 18 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 19 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 20 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 21 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4095 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5401 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 24 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 25 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 26 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17300 | 29800 | 0.419 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | University of Lynchburg | 17700 | 54900 | 0.6778 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 31 | Central Connecticut State University | 17800 | 34000 | 0.476 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17800 | 21900 | 0.1875 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 31 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3312 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17900 | 54400 | 0.6713 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2773 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 38 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 38 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 40 | The University of Montana | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2458 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 41 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 42 | Carlow University | 19500 | 57800 | 0.6627 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 44 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 39300 | 0.4984 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 44 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Concordia University-Chicago | 19800 | 54900 | 0.6388 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 19800 | 51900 | 0.618 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 48 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19800 | 62200 | 0.6825 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 54 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 54 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 58 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7012 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3906 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 60 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21700 | 48900 | 0.5559 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 62 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 63 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 65 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 65 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4632 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 67 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3982 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 68 | Old Dominion University | 22700 | 32400 | 0.2992 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 69 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 70 | Ohio Dominican University | 23100 | 55400 | 0.5831 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 71 | Hamline University | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5889 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 72 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 67400 | 0.6458 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 76 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 76 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 78 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 78 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24500 | 0.0029 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 80 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 81 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 85 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25300 | 37900 | 0.3322 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.41 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | William Peace University | 25800 | 50200 | 0.4871 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 88 | Hastings College | 25900 | 63000 | 0.5889 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 88 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 88 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 91 | Seattle Pacific University | 26000 | 70000 | 0.6286 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 92 | Heidelberg University | 26300 | 48600 | 0.4589 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 92 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4552 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 94 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 94 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 96 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5652 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 99 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 100 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1092 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 100 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 104 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 105 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 106 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 107 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5439 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | California State University-San Marcos | 28200 | 38300 | 0.2636 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 113 | Webster University | 28600 | 54700 | 0.4774 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 114 | Cedar Crest College | 28800 | 66000 | 0.5633 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 114 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 116 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2176 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4764 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 119 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 120 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 121 | Assumption University | 30300 | 74400 | 0.5924 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 121 | Dominican University of California | 30300 | 69200 | 0.5624 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 121 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 125 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 127 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 128 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 129 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 130 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3855 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 132 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1334 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 132 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 134 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 135 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 136 | Marquette University | 32400 | 66500 | 0.5127 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 137 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 139 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 140 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 141 | Lander University | 33500 | 37700 | 0.1115 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 142 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 142 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 144 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33700 | 40900 | 0.176 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 145 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 147 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 151 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 152 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35100 | 59200 | 0.4072 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 153 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 153 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 155 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 155 | University of the Pacific | 35600 | 71500 | 0.5024 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 157 | Siena College | 36100 | 65100 | 0.4456 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 36300 | 83900 | 0.5674 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0823 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 161 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1577 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 162 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 163 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 164 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 165 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 165 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 168 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 168 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 170 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38900 | 46600 | 0.1652 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 171 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 172 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 172 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 174 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 175 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41100 | 67900 | 0.3949 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 177 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 178 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 179 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 180 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46100 | 56300 | 0.1812 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 182 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 183 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 184 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 187 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 189 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56000 | 0.0036 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 190 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 194 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 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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