Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 5700 | 93100 | 0.9392 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 32400 | 0.6731 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 44000 | 0.7366 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 33000 | 0.6244 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 7 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 9 | University of Southern Maine | 13500 | 23000 | 0.4126 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 14 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14600 | 44000 | 0.6681 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 28500 | 0.4839 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5658 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 17 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 51700 | 0.712 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 19 | Avila University | 15600 | 81100 | 0.8075 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 22 | Lander University | 16000 | 24600 | 0.3489 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 22 | Ursuline College | 16000 | 83000 | 0.8075 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 24 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 25 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 25 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27900 | 0.4116 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3738 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 28 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16900 | 90700 | 0.8137 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 16900 | 96300 | 0.8246 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 17200 | 20100 | 0.1439 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 33 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17800 | 75500 | 0.7645 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17800 | 19400 | 0.0824 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 36 | Albright College | 18000 | 51600 | 0.6514 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 37 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 38 | Ohio Dominican University | 18200 | 77400 | 0.7651 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6511 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 79300 | 0.7564 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 42 | Illinois College | 19600 | 55200 | 0.6449 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 42 | Johnson C Smith University | 19600 | 56000 | 0.6498 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 42 | McMurry University | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7259 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 46 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19700 | 48900 | 0.5967 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3033 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 20000 | 53900 | 0.6287 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 51 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6464 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 53 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 54 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 54 | University of Lynchburg | 20800 | 60800 | 0.6578 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 56 | Cottey College | 21100 | 37300 | 0.4348 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 57 | Regis University | 21200 | 67400 | 0.6854 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21300 | 38000 | 0.4401 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 59 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Iowa | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1371 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 61 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 63 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5542 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 64 | University of Mobile | 21900 | 46000 | 0.524 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 65 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 65 | Rockford University | 22300 | 80500 | 0.7228 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 67 | Manchester University | 22700 | 54100 | 0.58 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 67 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22700 | 42000 | 0.46 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 69 | Hastings College | 22900 | 53300 | 0.5701 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 69 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4497 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23500 | 52700 | 0.5541 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 72 | University of South Dakota | 23500 | 26900 | 0.1263 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 74 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 37100 | 0.3579 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 75 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 76 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 24200 | 89100 | 0.7283 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 76 | Maryville College | 24200 | 58400 | 0.5852 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 78 | Drury University | 24700 | 54500 | 0.5467 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 78 | University of St Thomas | 24700 | 51400 | 0.5195 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 80 | Cedar Crest College | 24900 | 67800 | 0.6327 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 81 | University of South Florida | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 81 | Webster University | 25400 | 66600 | 0.6188 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 83 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 84 | Le Moyne College | 25600 | 58200 | 0.5604 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 84 | Lebanon Valley College | 25600 | 72200 | 0.6458 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25800 | 56500 | 0.5437 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 86 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 88 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 89 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1831 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 90 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 91 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 78600 | 0.6564 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 92 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 32000 | 0.153 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 94 | Capital University | 27300 | 63800 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 94 | University of La Verne | 27300 | 71200 | 0.6167 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 96 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2782 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 97 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6126 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27600 | 30000 | 0.0798 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 99 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 100 | William Peace University | 27800 | 50200 | 0.4456 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 101 | North Central College | 28100 | 66700 | 0.5785 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 101 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 28100 | 29600 | 0.0508 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 103 | Central Connecticut State University | 28300 | 30400 | 0.0692 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 104 | University of Hartford | 28400 | 70100 | 0.5943 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 28600 | 61900 | 0.5375 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 105 | Marquette University | 28600 | 63800 | 0.5518 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 105 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.534 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28600 | 69700 | 0.5898 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | Chatham University | 29000 | 60800 | 0.5229 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 111 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | William Penn University | 29300 | 48000 | 0.3892 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 114 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 115 | Delaware State University | 29800 | 62600 | 0.5239 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 115 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 112100 | 0.7341 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 117 | Baker University | 29900 | 54800 | 0.454 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 118 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 119 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 71700 | 0.5804 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30300 | 54700 | 0.4464 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 121 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 122 | Randolph-Macon College | 30800 | 71600 | 0.5694 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 124 | Assumption University | 31000 | 74400 | 0.5831 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 125 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31300 | 47100 | 0.3372 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 126 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31700 | 50000 | 0.3675 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 127 | St Bonaventure University | 32500 | 64800 | 0.4982 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 128 | Lasell University | 32600 | 50800 | 0.3586 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 128 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 130 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 130 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.466 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 134 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 33200 | 38800 | 0.1445 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | Emmanuel College | 33900 | 73700 | 0.5402 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 137 | Hamline University | 34000 | 70100 | 0.5148 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 138 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 139 | Siena University | 34400 | 66400 | 0.4821 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35800 | 61100 | 0.4148 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 43300 | 0.1639 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36500 | 39900 | 0.0852 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 146 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 146 | St. John Fisher University | 36700 | 64800 | 0.4335 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52700 | 0.2904 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 149 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37400 | 74600 | 0.4985 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 153 | Howard Payne University | 38100 | 54500 | 0.3008 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 153 | University of Rhode Island | 38100 | 58400 | 0.3475 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 155 | Crown College | 38500 | 53200 | 0.2754 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 156 | Pacific University | 38700 | 74900 | 0.4831 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 158 | Concordia University Texas | 39100 | 45800 | 0.1471 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 159 | Arcadia University | 39200 | 71600 | 0.4528 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 39200 | 64600 | 0.3932 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 161 | Saint Anselm College | 39500 | 77000 | 0.4871 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 162 | Fresno Pacific University | 39800 | 52200 | 0.2374 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 163 | Saint Michael's College | 40100 | 75800 | 0.4709 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40100 | 59200 | 0.3224 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 166 | Champlain College | 41000 | 105100 | 0.61 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 167 | Dominican University of California | 41100 | 69200 | 0.4064 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 168 | Butler University | 41200 | 68400 | 0.3979 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 169 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.469 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 170 | Arkansas State University | 43100 | 44600 | 0.0336 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 172 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 58600 | 0.2577 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 173 | Union University | 43600 | 66000 | 0.3391 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 174 | LeTourneau University | 44300 | 57300 | 0.2267 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 175 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 176 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 177 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 178 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 179 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48800 | 68800 | 0.2908 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72000 | 0.289 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 184 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83300 | 0.2882 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 185 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 186 | Stonehill College | 68400 | 76100 | 0.1012 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 187 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 77700 | 0.0901 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 188 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 189 | 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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