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 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 5100 | 93100 | 0.9457 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 10500 | 25900 | 0.5955 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 10500 | 27500 | 0.6165 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7892 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6262 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11800 | 20500 | 0.4219 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 19300 | 0.3731 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 38300 | 0.6443 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 45300 | 0.7001 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 15 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 16 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5746 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 38300 | 0.6212 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 18 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6704 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 18 | Virginia Union University | 14500 | 51700 | 0.7198 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | Avila University | 15500 | 81100 | 0.8087 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 23 | Lander University | 15600 | 24700 | 0.3668 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Ursuline College | 15700 | 83000 | 0.8111 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 26 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 27 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 28 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 31 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17200 | 36500 | 0.5291 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17500 | 19400 | 0.0979 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17900 | 52300 | 0.6575 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 36 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 37 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 37 | Ohio Dominican University | 18100 | 77400 | 0.7664 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.687 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19000 | 79300 | 0.7601 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Coker University | 19200 | 44900 | 0.5733 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 42 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19200 | 48900 | 0.6069 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | McMurry University | 19300 | 71400 | 0.7301 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 44 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 27400 | 0.2958 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19400 | 100600 | 0.8075 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Illinois College | 19600 | 55200 | 0.6449 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 48 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 56000 | 0.648 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 48 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 50 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 30600 | 0.3528 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 51 | Carlow University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6306 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 52 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6464 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 47400 | 0.5719 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 56 | College of Charleston | 20600 | 33900 | 0.3927 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 58 | Cottey College | 20700 | 37300 | 0.4463 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 58 | Regis University | 20700 | 67400 | 0.6928 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 61 | Millikin University | 21100 | 45000 | 0.5309 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 62 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 63 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 63 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 66 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5542 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 66 | University of Mobile | 21700 | 46000 | 0.5284 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 68 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 68 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 70 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 37600 | 0.4042 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 70 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22500 | 42900 | 0.4753 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 73 | Upper Iowa University | 22600 | 41700 | 0.4586 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 74 | Hastings College | 22700 | 53300 | 0.5739 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 74 | Manchester University | 22700 | 54100 | 0.58 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22800 | 52400 | 0.565 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 77 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23700 | 89100 | 0.7339 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 79 | Southern Wesleyan University | 23800 | 47100 | 0.4962 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 80 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 80 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.493 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5852 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 83 | University of St Thomas | 24700 | 51400 | 0.5195 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 84 | Le Moyne College | 25400 | 58200 | 0.5639 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 84 | Webster University | 25400 | 66600 | 0.6188 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 86 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 25800 | 56500 | 0.5437 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 87 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 89 | Heidelberg University | 25900 | 48600 | 0.4672 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 90 | Huntington University | 26400 | 44400 | 0.405 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 90 | Northern Illinois University | 26400 | 32100 | 0.1782 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 93 | Cedar Crest College | 26500 | 67800 | 0.6091 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 94 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26600 | 78600 | 0.6615 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 95 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 95 | University of La Verne | 26700 | 71200 | 0.6252 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 98 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 27200 | 63800 | 0.5736 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 101 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2782 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 101 | William Peace University | 27400 | 50200 | 0.4535 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 103 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6126 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 104 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 104 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 27700 | 38200 | 0.275 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.5558 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 106 | North Central College | 27800 | 66700 | 0.5829 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 108 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 109 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28200 | 61400 | 0.5405 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 110 | Flagler College | 28300 | 61900 | 0.5424 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28400 | 70100 | 0.5943 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5912 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 112 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 114 | William Penn University | 29300 | 48000 | 0.3892 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 115 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 116 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 29800 | 71700 | 0.5846 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 118 | Baker University | 29900 | 54800 | 0.454 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30300 | 54700 | 0.4464 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30300 | 33200 | 0.0872 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 122 | Randolph-Macon College | 30600 | 71600 | 0.5722 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 124 | Lebanon Valley College | 31000 | 72200 | 0.5704 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 125 | Lasell University | 31400 | 50800 | 0.3822 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 126 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31600 | 51700 | 0.3878 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 127 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 127 | Marquette University | 31700 | 75900 | 0.5823 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 127 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31700 | 50000 | 0.3675 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 130 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 31800 | 38800 | 0.1806 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 131 | University of Denver | 32200 | 84100 | 0.6173 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | Assumption University | 32500 | 74400 | 0.5629 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 134 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 135 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 32700 | 61900 | 0.4717 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 137 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 138 | Hamline University | 33800 | 70100 | 0.5177 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 139 | Siena University | 34000 | 66300 | 0.4872 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 141 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 142 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 143 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63900 | 0.4541 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | Emmanuel College | 35300 | 73700 | 0.5212 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 147 | St. John Fisher University | 36500 | 64800 | 0.4366 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 148 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 150 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37200 | 74600 | 0.5012 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 150 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 150 | University of West Georgia | 37200 | 47300 | 0.2134 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 153 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 155 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 156 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 158 | Howard Payne University | 38100 | 54500 | 0.3008 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 159 | Crown College | 38500 | 53200 | 0.2754 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 160 | Pacific University | 38700 | 74900 | 0.4831 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 161 | Concordia University Texas | 39100 | 45800 | 0.1471 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 162 | Arcadia University | 39200 | 71600 | 0.4528 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 39200 | 64600 | 0.3932 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 164 | Saint Michael's College | 39300 | 75800 | 0.4814 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 165 | Champlain College | 39600 | 105100 | 0.6233 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 165 | Saint Anselm College | 39600 | 77000 | 0.4858 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 39800 | 52200 | 0.2374 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 168 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 168 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 170 | Dominican University of California | 40800 | 69200 | 0.4108 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 41300 | 68400 | 0.3965 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 172 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.469 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 173 | Union University | 43600 | 66000 | 0.3391 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 174 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0924 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 175 | LeTourneau University | 44400 | 57300 | 0.225 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 176 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 177 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48700 | 68800 | 0.2922 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50800 | 64400 | 0.2112 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 183 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68400 | 76100 | 0.1012 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 190 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 191 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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