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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 6600 | 93000 | 0.9292 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6081 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 4 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8200 | 36700 | 0.7773 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5125 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 14400 | 23300 | 0.3819 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5016 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Lander University | 15100 | 24700 | 0.3861 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5701 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 15400 | 24700 | 0.3772 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15500 | 19300 | 0.1969 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 18 | University of St Thomas | 16000 | 50900 | 0.6859 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 19 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17000 | 26000 | 0.3457 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 20 | Coker University | 17100 | 44900 | 0.6199 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 21 | Avila University | 17200 | 67600 | 0.7461 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 22 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17500 | 28400 | 0.3842 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 23 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 24 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5149 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18600 | 29800 | 0.3765 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 26 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4765 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6387 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 29 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 29 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2708 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 31 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19800 | 25800 | 0.2325 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 32 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1743 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 34 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5878 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 35 | Lee University | 20300 | 37100 | 0.4523 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 36 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1858 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 37 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 37 | McMurry University | 20600 | 46600 | 0.5584 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 39 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 21000 | 57400 | 0.6339 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 44 | Northern Arizona University | 21600 | 32000 | 0.3257 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 45 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.554 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 46 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 47 | Cottey College | 22200 | 37300 | 0.4061 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43800 | 0.4906 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 49 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22400 | 33900 | 0.339 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 49 | Lycoming College | 22400 | 65800 | 0.6592 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6201 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Upper Iowa University | 22600 | 41700 | 0.4584 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 53 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5776 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 23300 | 58100 | 0.5994 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 56 | Ohio Dominican University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5529 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 56 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5607 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 58 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 59 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 59 | Hamline University | 24300 | 56500 | 0.5694 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 24400 | 57000 | 0.5717 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 61 | University of Mobile | 24400 | 44500 | 0.4513 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 61 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 64 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5816 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 65 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5417 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1137 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 66 | The University of Tampa | 24800 | 56900 | 0.5637 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 68 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24900 | 76300 | 0.6739 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 68 | Heidelberg University | 24900 | 48600 | 0.4877 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 68 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.5466 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 71 | Rockford University | 25000 | 60300 | 0.5852 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 72 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25100 | 62200 | 0.5969 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 73 | Southern Wesleyan University | 25200 | 46200 | 0.4543 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 74 | Flagler College | 25400 | 37800 | 0.3283 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 74 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 76 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 76 | St. Mary's University | 25500 | 55900 | 0.544 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5415 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 78 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66300 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 80 | Marquette University | 26200 | 65700 | 0.6009 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 82 | Randolph-Macon College | 26500 | 69200 | 0.6169 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 82 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 85 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 47100 | 0.4349 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 85 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26600 | 48900 | 0.4557 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 87 | Huntington University | 26900 | 44300 | 0.3931 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 87 | Saint Edward's University | 26900 | 71900 | 0.6255 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 87 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2767 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 90 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 91 | Webster University | 27200 | 54300 | 0.4987 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 92 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 27400 | 68600 | 0.6007 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 93 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 95 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27500 | 40900 | 0.3278 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 96 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6106 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 97 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 98 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1294 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 99 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5404 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28200 | 36700 | 0.2316 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 102 | McPherson College | 28400 | 47600 | 0.4037 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 103 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5924 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 106 | Assumption University | 28700 | 74400 | 0.6146 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.0995 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | Regis University | 28900 | 67200 | 0.5696 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 109 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 110 | University of Denver | 29300 | 76800 | 0.6184 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 111 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29400 | 38000 | 0.2266 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 112 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3849 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 113 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29700 | 36500 | 0.1864 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 114 | Le Moyne College | 29900 | 53700 | 0.4433 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 114 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 116 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4022 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 118 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4501 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 119 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 120 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4425 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 122 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 123 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | Emmanuel College | 30900 | 68300 | 0.5478 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 126 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5045 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 127 | University of West Georgia | 31400 | 36000 | 0.1279 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 128 | University of Rhode Island | 31700 | 46700 | 0.3212 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 129 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68400 | 0.5348 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3837 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 131 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3633 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 132 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 133 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.0635 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 134 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 135 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4013 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 136 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 137 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 137 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33500 | 68400 | 0.5103 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 139 | Coastal Carolina University | 33600 | 44700 | 0.2481 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0928 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 141 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 142 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33900 | 46200 | 0.2664 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 143 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 143 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 145 | Saint Anselm College | 34200 | 73700 | 0.536 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 146 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 147 | St. John Fisher University | 34500 | 63700 | 0.4585 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 34900 | 54600 | 0.3607 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 149 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0569 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 151 | University of Southern Maine | 36200 | 37100 | 0.0243 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 153 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Texas | 37000 | 43600 | 0.1514 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.1005 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 157 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37500 | 44100 | 0.1496 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 158 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2625 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 160 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38000 | 80700 | 0.5297 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 38500 | 60700 | 0.3655 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 161 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2855 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 163 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4803 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 39100 | 74600 | 0.4757 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39300 | 48900 | 0.1963 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 166 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4498 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2334 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 168 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2806 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 169 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45800 | 0.0832 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 169 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3462 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 171 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 172 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 52900 | 0.1871 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 173 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 174 | Butler University | 43400 | 64500 | 0.327 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 175 | University of St Thomas | 50000 | 70300 | 0.289 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0411 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0343 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 182 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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