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 | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 19600 | 0.4379 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 11 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Virginia Union University | 13900 | 39400 | 0.6468 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14800 | 29800 | 0.5029 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3988 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5567 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 28 | Millikin University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6242 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 29 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17000 | 26900 | 0.3681 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17200 | 21900 | 0.2149 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 31 | Avila University | 17300 | 64100 | 0.7299 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 32 | University of Lynchburg | 17400 | 54900 | 0.6833 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5823 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17700 | 54400 | 0.675 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 37 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5175 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 38 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 39 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18700 | 68100 | 0.7256 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 39 | The University of Montana | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2577 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 41 | McMurry University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6296 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 41 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6922 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 44 | Carlow University | 19300 | 57800 | 0.6662 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 45 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 47 | Central Connecticut State University | 19600 | 29500 | 0.3354 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 47 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 47 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 40800 | 0.5197 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 47 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19600 | 72100 | 0.728 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 51 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 53 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20100 | 38000 | 0.4709 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 57 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 57 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20800 | 70000 | 0.7027 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 60 | Lycoming College | 21400 | 65800 | 0.6757 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 60 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 62 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5539 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 62 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4783 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 65 | Cottey College | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4154 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 67 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 68 | Old Dominion University | 22100 | 32400 | 0.3177 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 69 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 69 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 71 | Hamline University | 22800 | 56500 | 0.596 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 71 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 71 | Ohio Dominican University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23000 | 67400 | 0.6592 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 75 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23500 | 34800 | 0.3244 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 78 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 79 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2927 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 80 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 81 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 82 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 83 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24800 | 37900 | 0.3454 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 84 | Mary Baldwin University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4839 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 85 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 87 | Hastings College | 25600 | 63000 | 0.5936 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 88 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 54900 | 0.5314 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 88 | Rockford University | 25700 | 59600 | 0.569 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 90 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 90 | University of Mobile | 25900 | 48300 | 0.4634 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 92 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 26200 | 61200 | 0.5717 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 94 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 94 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 97 | Albright College | 26500 | 49300 | 0.4624 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 98 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 98 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 100 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 102 | Randolph-Macon College | 27100 | 69200 | 0.608 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31100 | 0.128 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 104 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5551 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.603 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 106 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | Webster University | 28400 | 54700 | 0.481 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 113 | Cedar Crest College | 28700 | 66000 | 0.5648 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 113 | Montclair State University | 28700 | 36300 | 0.2095 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28900 | 56200 | 0.4853 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 116 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2176 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 117 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4178 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 31600 | 0.0664 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 119 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 121 | Dominican University of California | 29600 | 69200 | 0.5725 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 122 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4519 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 123 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 125 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 126 | Assumption University | 30600 | 74400 | 0.5884 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 127 | Mount Saint Mary College | 30800 | 68600 | 0.551 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 128 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 128 | Kean University | 30900 | 39500 | 0.2178 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 130 | Lebanon Valley College | 31100 | 72400 | 0.5706 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 131 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31400 | 45700 | 0.3132 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 133 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 135 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 136 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 137 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 138 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 139 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 140 | Lander University | 32900 | 37700 | 0.1275 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 141 | North Central College | 33000 | 64900 | 0.4916 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 141 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 143 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 144 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 145 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 146 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 33900 | 56400 | 0.3987 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 147 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 149 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 150 | California Lutheran University | 34700 | 70000 | 0.5045 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 151 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 153 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35100 | 59200 | 0.4072 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 154 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 155 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 156 | Siena College | 35500 | 65100 | 0.4548 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 157 | University of the Pacific | 35700 | 71500 | 0.501 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 158 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 159 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 160 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0806 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 162 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 163 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 166 | 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 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 174 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 175 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 41300 | 67900 | 0.3919 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 177 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 41400 | 46600 | 0.1116 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 178 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 179 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 181 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 182 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3374 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 184 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 185 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 186 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 188 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 189 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 190 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 191 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 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 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | 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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