Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in South 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 South 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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 8400 | 92900 | 0.9098 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 21100 | 0.4418 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 31200 | 0.5903 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6046 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4735 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.4756 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | Framingham State University | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5324 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14600 | 19300 | 0.2435 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 38300 | 0.6082 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 15000 | 26700 | 0.439 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15000 | 20500 | 0.2662 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Lander University | 15200 | 24700 | 0.382 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 24 | Northern Illinois University | 15200 | 30700 | 0.5058 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 26 | Avila University | 15400 | 67500 | 0.7718 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15500 | 37900 | 0.5906 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 28 | Coker University | 16400 | 44900 | 0.6354 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 29 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 30 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16700 | 86700 | 0.8077 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 30 | Millikin University | 16700 | 45000 | 0.6287 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 32000 | 0.4737 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 33 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 33 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17000 | 47600 | 0.6433 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 35 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6074 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 37 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17500 | 29500 | 0.4065 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4703 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 36500 | 0.5017 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 42 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18600 | 28200 | 0.34 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Rosemont College | 18600 | 38100 | 0.5114 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 45 | Lee University | 18900 | 37400 | 0.495 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 19300 | 60400 | 0.6803 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 19500 | 24900 | 0.217 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 48 | Carlow University | 19600 | 79300 | 0.7524 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 48 | Hastings College | 19600 | 71100 | 0.7243 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 50 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6405 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 51 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.585 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 52 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 65800 | 0.6895 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20600 | 71400 | 0.7121 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | St. Mary's University | 20700 | 70300 | 0.7058 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 54 | University of Mobile | 20700 | 56900 | 0.6357 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 57 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 58 | Niagara University | 21400 | 57400 | 0.6269 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 58 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 58 | Virginia Union University | 21400 | 38800 | 0.4489 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 61 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21500 | 42400 | 0.4926 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 53000 | 0.5949 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 63 | Hamline University | 21600 | 56500 | 0.6172 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 64 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 66 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 66 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 66 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6007 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22000 | 28200 | 0.2202 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22000 | 25400 | 0.1341 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 71 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6594 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43300 | 0.4808 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 72 | Upper Iowa University | 22500 | 41700 | 0.4587 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 74 | Buena Vista University | 22600 | 59100 | 0.6185 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 75 | Cottey College | 22700 | 37300 | 0.3931 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 75 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 77 | Assumption University | 22800 | 91300 | 0.7501 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 78 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5759 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 78 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 78600 | 0.7093 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 80 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23300 | 68400 | 0.6594 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 81 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 82 | Albright College | 23900 | 49300 | 0.5151 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 83 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24100 | 48900 | 0.5068 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4489 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 87 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2919 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 24400 | 88400 | 0.7242 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 87 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 90 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 90 | University of Central Arkansas | 24500 | 29500 | 0.1711 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 92 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5392 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 93 | Washington State University | 24800 | 38700 | 0.3595 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 94 | Heidelberg University | 24900 | 48600 | 0.4877 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 95 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25000 | 28000 | 0.1089 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 95 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25000 | 80400 | 0.6889 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 97 | Southern Wesleyan University | 25300 | 46200 | 0.4513 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 98 | Marquette University | 25400 | 63100 | 0.5971 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 99 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 100 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 101 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5401 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26400 | 61400 | 0.5695 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 103 | Flagler College | 26500 | 61100 | 0.5661 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 103 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 103 | Seattle Pacific University | 26500 | 77000 | 0.6562 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 67800 | 0.6078 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 106 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26600 | 79400 | 0.6652 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 108 | Huntington University | 26700 | 44300 | 0.3974 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 108 | University of St Thomas | 26700 | 50900 | 0.4756 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 110 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 111 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 27100 | 37100 | 0.2707 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 113 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | Capital University | 27400 | 80300 | 0.6589 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 115 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27400 | 31100 | 0.1206 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 118 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 119 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6094 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 120 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 121 | Florida Southern College | 28000 | 63200 | 0.5578 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2225 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 125 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5406 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 126 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 126 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5912 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 128 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 129 | University of Utah | 29000 | 32000 | 0.0953 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 130 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 131 | University of Denver | 29500 | 76800 | 0.6155 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 132 | William Penn University | 29700 | 48000 | 0.3821 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 133 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4024 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 134 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4477 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 135 | Dominican University of California | 30500 | 69200 | 0.5593 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 136 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30600 | 54700 | 0.4401 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 137 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 137 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 139 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55700 | 0.4433 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 140 | University of St Thomas | 31200 | 70300 | 0.5565 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 141 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 142 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 143 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3606 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 143 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 145 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 146 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1187 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 147 | North Central College | 32400 | 64900 | 0.5008 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 148 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 149 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 150 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 151 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 152 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 153 | Fort Lewis College | 34800 | 41400 | 0.1596 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 154 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 154 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 154 | Siena College | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 157 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 158 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 159 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4034 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 160 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 162 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 71500 | 0.4898 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 163 | Crown College | 36600 | 53200 | 0.3112 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 164 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 164 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 166 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 167 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 167 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0973 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 169 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38300 | 61600 | 0.3779 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 170 | Howard Payne University | 38500 | 54500 | 0.2944 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 171 | Pacific University | 39100 | 74900 | 0.4785 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 172 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1396 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 173 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4479 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 174 | The University of Montana | 39900 | 45900 | 0.1308 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 175 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 176 | Fresno Pacific University | 40200 | 52200 | 0.2308 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 177 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40300 | 92400 | 0.5637 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 41000 | 68300 | 0.3994 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | Saint Vincent College | 41500 | 64600 | 0.3569 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 180 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3441 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 181 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4669 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 182 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 183 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43900 | 53700 | 0.1824 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 184 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 187 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0385 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 189 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 190 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 193 | Gonzaga University | 75300 | 77800 | 0.0321 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 194 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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