Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 7000 | 92900 | 0.9249 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10400 | 21100 | 0.5083 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6321 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11800 | 45900 | 0.7436 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | West Virginia University | 12500 | 57700 | 0.7832 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5139 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14200 | 19300 | 0.2643 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14300 | 37900 | 0.6222 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30700 | 0.5296 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4577 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 17 | Avila University | 14600 | 67500 | 0.7836 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14600 | 20500 | 0.2864 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 38300 | 0.616 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Carlow University | 15200 | 57800 | 0.7372 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 21 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 67400 | 0.775 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 21 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 24 | Delaware State University | 15600 | 46500 | 0.6646 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.393 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5896 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Coker University | 16400 | 47800 | 0.6572 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 28 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16500 | 47600 | 0.6539 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 30 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 16900 | 29500 | 0.4269 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17100 | 44000 | 0.6119 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 32 | University of Florida | 17300 | 22500 | 0.231 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17900 | 41200 | 0.5662 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 37 | Lee University | 17900 | 37400 | 0.5217 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 39 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3463 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 41 | McMurry University | 18500 | 60400 | 0.6935 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 41 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 43 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 43 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 45 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 45 | University of West Georgia | 18700 | 48000 | 0.6107 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 47 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 49 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.172 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 50 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5867 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20000 | 71400 | 0.7202 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 52 | St. Mary's University | 20100 | 70300 | 0.7143 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 53 | University of Mobile | 20200 | 56900 | 0.6445 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 54 | Hamline University | 20400 | 56500 | 0.6384 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Virginia Union University | 20500 | 38800 | 0.4721 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20700 | 53000 | 0.61 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 59 | Ohio Dominican University | 20900 | 65800 | 0.6819 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 60 | Hastings College | 21200 | 71100 | 0.7018 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 61 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 61 | Rockford University | 21300 | 68200 | 0.6881 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 63 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6757 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 63 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 65 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4783 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 66 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 66 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5528 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 66 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1385 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 70 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 70 | Tabor College | 22000 | 65000 | 0.6619 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 72 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22300 | 78600 | 0.7166 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 73 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6194 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 74 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 74 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 61200 | 0.6306 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 76 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5769 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 77 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23100 | 68400 | 0.6624 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.47 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 79 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 80 | Heidelberg University | 24000 | 48600 | 0.5062 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 80 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24000 | 48900 | 0.5088 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 24000 | 88400 | 0.7287 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 80 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24000 | 80400 | 0.7014 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 84 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 85 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 86 | Marquette University | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6129 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 86 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5823 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 86 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 89 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5407 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 90 | Mary Baldwin University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4839 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 91 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 92 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25500 | 61400 | 0.5838 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 25600 | 61100 | 0.5808 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 93 | Seattle Pacific University | 25600 | 77000 | 0.6679 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 95 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 67800 | 0.6211 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 95 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25700 | 79400 | 0.6765 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 97 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5409 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 98 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4743 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 99 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 100 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 101 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2753 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 37300 | 0.2763 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.104 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 102 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 106 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 107 | Johnson C Smith University | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4264 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 107 | Loyola University New Orleans | 27200 | 72100 | 0.6226 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 107 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 112 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6101 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.559 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 28200 | 70000 | 0.5974 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 118 | Kansas State University | 28700 | 41600 | 0.3088 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 119 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 121 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 121 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4178 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 124 | Dominican University of California | 29600 | 69200 | 0.5725 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 124 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3837 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 126 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4491 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 127 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 66800 | 0.5432 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 130 | University of St Thomas | 31000 | 70300 | 0.5594 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 131 | Kean University | 31100 | 39600 | 0.2147 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 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 | |
| 137 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 138 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 139 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 141 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 143 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 144 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 33900 | 56400 | 0.3987 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 145 | Hofstra University | 33900 | 77000 | 0.5596 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 147 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 148 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 149 | Siena College | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 150 | Lander University | 34800 | 37700 | 0.077 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76800 | 0.5466 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 152 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 152 | Western Kentucky University | 35000 | 42300 | 0.1726 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 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 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-Newark | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3954 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 157 | University of the Pacific | 36600 | 71500 | 0.4884 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 159 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 160 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 162 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0529 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2959 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 164 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2704 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 164 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 166 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4796 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 167 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 167 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1413 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 167 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 170 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 171 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 40100 | 61600 | 0.3487 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 171 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 173 | Saint Anselm College | 40200 | 73700 | 0.4545 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 174 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40900 | 0.0138 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 175 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41200 | 68300 | 0.3965 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 177 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 47700 | 0.109 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 178 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53400 | 0.2023 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 180 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3351 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 181 | The University of Montana | 44600 | 45900 | 0.0283 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 48500 | 67100 | 0.2772 | 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 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 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 | 70800 | 77800 | 0.09 | 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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