Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 7300 | 92700 | 0.9213 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Southern Maine | 11400 | 23000 | 0.5038 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4561 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 31200 | 0.6096 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4776 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14500 | 19300 | 0.2487 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14800 | 24900 | 0.405 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.511 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15000 | 20500 | 0.2697 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 38300 | 0.6056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 20 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 21 | Avila University | 15300 | 67500 | 0.7733 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 22 | Delaware State University | 15700 | 46500 | 0.6625 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 23 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 67400 | 0.7616 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5795 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | Millikin University | 16700 | 45000 | 0.6287 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 26 | Coker University | 16800 | 47800 | 0.6488 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 27 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16900 | 47600 | 0.6454 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 29 | Cleveland State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4461 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 30 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6074 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 31 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17400 | 29500 | 0.4099 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 32 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3507 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17900 | 27600 | 0.3515 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 35 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 38 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4556 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 42 | Fort Lewis College | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3612 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 18700 | 37400 | 0.5003 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19100 | 60400 | 0.6836 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 45 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 47 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | Carlow University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6558 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 48 | 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 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20100 | 51200 | 0.6074 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 52 | Albright College | 20400 | 48400 | 0.579 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20400 | 71400 | 0.7146 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 52 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 42400 | 0.5185 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 55 | St. Mary's University | 20500 | 70300 | 0.7086 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 56 | Hiram College | 20700 | 48700 | 0.5754 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 26700 | 0.2246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | University of Mobile | 20800 | 56900 | 0.6339 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 59 | Hamline University | 20900 | 56500 | 0.6296 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 59 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 59 | Virginia Union University | 20900 | 38800 | 0.4618 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 62 | Ohio Dominican University | 21000 | 65800 | 0.6804 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 63 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21300 | 53000 | 0.5987 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 63 | Villanova University | 21300 | 87900 | 0.7577 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 66 | Hastings College | 21600 | 71100 | 0.6962 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 67 | Rockford University | 21800 | 68200 | 0.6807 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 67 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 69 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 70 | Tabor College | 22100 | 65000 | 0.6604 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 71 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 72 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4632 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 73 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6194 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 73 | Cottey College | 22500 | 37300 | 0.3982 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 75 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 75 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 61200 | 0.6306 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 77 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22800 | 78600 | 0.7103 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 78 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5769 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 79 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 43700 | 0.4698 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 80 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 81 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23700 | 68400 | 0.6536 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 82 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 85 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5823 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 86 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24500 | 48900 | 0.4986 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 24700 | 48600 | 0.4918 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 87 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5407 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 89 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24800 | 80400 | 0.6914 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 25100 | 50300 | 0.5006 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 91 | Chatham University | 25200 | 60900 | 0.586 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 91 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 91 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 94 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 95 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5409 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 96 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26100 | 61400 | 0.574 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 97 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26200 | 79400 | 0.6702 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 97 | Seattle Pacific University | 26200 | 77000 | 0.6601 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 99 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61100 | 0.5694 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26400 | 67800 | 0.6107 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 101 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 102 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 103 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1322 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 104 | Loyola University New Orleans | 27200 | 72100 | 0.6226 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 104 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 106 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 106 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1232 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 108 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 109 | Johnson C Smith University | 27500 | 47400 | 0.4201 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 110 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 111 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6101 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 112 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.559 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 112 | Marquette University | 27900 | 66200 | 0.5783 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 114 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28000 | 61400 | 0.5439 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 116 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 119 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 120 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 121 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2946 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 122 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 123 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3837 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 124 | William Peace University | 29800 | 50200 | 0.4059 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 125 | Lebanon Valley College | 29900 | 71500 | 0.5823 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 126 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4491 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 127 | Cedar Crest College | 30300 | 65100 | 0.5347 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 127 | Dominican University of California | 30300 | 69200 | 0.5624 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 129 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 66800 | 0.5447 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 131 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 132 | University of St Thomas | 31200 | 70300 | 0.5565 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 133 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 134 | Lasell University | 31400 | 48500 | 0.3523 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 135 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3315 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 136 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 136 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3622 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 136 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.3826 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 139 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 140 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 142 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 142 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0619 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 144 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32500 | 39900 | 0.1854 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 145 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 147 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 148 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 149 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 150 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.5255 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 151 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 34300 | 77000 | 0.5544 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 153 | Barry University | 34500 | 56400 | 0.3881 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 154 | Siena College | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76800 | 0.5466 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 156 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 157 | Lander University | 35200 | 37700 | 0.0664 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 157 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 159 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4047 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 161 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 161 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 71500 | 0.4898 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 163 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 164 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0769 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 166 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38100 | 61600 | 0.3812 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 167 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2959 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 170 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2704 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 171 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4796 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 172 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1413 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 173 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 174 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 175 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 176 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 177 | Butler University | 41000 | 68300 | 0.3994 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 178 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42300 | 53700 | 0.2122 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 178 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 181 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 181 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 183 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3351 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 184 | The University of Montana | 44400 | 45900 | 0.0327 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 188 | University of La Verne | 57000 | 67300 | 0.1531 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 189 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 193 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 77800 | 0.0912 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 194 | 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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