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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9600 | 92900 | 0.8969 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 4 | University of Southern Maine | 11700 | 23000 | 0.4908 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12300 | 21100 | 0.4181 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 31200 | 0.5903 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12900 | 19600 | 0.3411 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13500 | 57700 | 0.7659 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 10 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14800 | 19300 | 0.2332 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5985 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15200 | 20500 | 0.2551 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 15400 | 28500 | 0.4594 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4959 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 28000 | 0.4461 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 15600 | 67500 | 0.7688 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 20 | Delaware State University | 15600 | 46500 | 0.6646 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 22 | Carlow University | 15800 | 57800 | 0.7268 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 23 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16500 | 42300 | 0.6098 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 24 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 25 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16900 | 67400 | 0.7498 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 26 | Coker University | 17100 | 47800 | 0.6425 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 17200 | 39700 | 0.5669 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | Cleveland State University | 17300 | 30900 | 0.4396 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 28 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17300 | 47600 | 0.637 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 31 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17700 | 29500 | 0.3998 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 31 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 34 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4868 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 35 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 26800 | 0.3177 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 37 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18500 | 26700 | 0.3071 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 39 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 40 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3294 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 40 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18900 | 24400 | 0.2257 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 42 | Lee University | 19300 | 37400 | 0.4843 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 25200 | 0.2259 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 44 | McMurry University | 19600 | 60400 | 0.6753 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 24900 | 0.213 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 46 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 47 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.172 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5867 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20300 | 51200 | 0.6035 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 49 | Texas Tech University | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2727 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 51 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 29500 | 0.3083 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20800 | 71400 | 0.709 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | St. Mary's University | 20900 | 70300 | 0.7029 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 55 | Virginia Union University | 21000 | 38800 | 0.4592 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 56 | Albright College | 21100 | 49300 | 0.5719 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 57 | Ohio Dominican University | 21200 | 65800 | 0.6774 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 57 | University of Mobile | 21200 | 56900 | 0.6269 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 59 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 60 | Hamline University | 21400 | 56500 | 0.6207 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 60 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 62 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5528 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 62 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Hastings College | 21900 | 71100 | 0.6919 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 64 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22000 | 28200 | 0.2202 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | Tabor College | 22000 | 65000 | 0.6619 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 68 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6194 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 69 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 69 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 61200 | 0.6306 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 71 | Lycoming College | 22900 | 65800 | 0.6522 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 71 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5769 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 71 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.45 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 74 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3832 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 75 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23200 | 78600 | 0.7052 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 75 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 33100 | 0.3001 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 77 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 78 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 78 | Mount Saint Mary College | 24100 | 68400 | 0.6477 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 78 | University of Lynchburg | 24100 | 54900 | 0.5602 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 81 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5823 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 83 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 84 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5407 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 85 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25000 | 48900 | 0.4884 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 87 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 88 | Heidelberg University | 25300 | 48600 | 0.4795 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 88 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25300 | 80400 | 0.6852 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 90 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5409 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 91 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26400 | 61400 | 0.5692 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 92 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4743 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 93 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26700 | 79400 | 0.6639 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 94 | Seattle Pacific University | 26800 | 77000 | 0.6523 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 95 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 95 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61100 | 0.5596 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 95 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2753 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 98 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 67800 | 0.6019 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 99 | Loyola University New Orleans | 27100 | 72100 | 0.624 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 99 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1458 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 102 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 103 | Johnson C Smith University | 27300 | 47400 | 0.4243 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 104 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27400 | 29500 | 0.0722 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 105 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0719 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 107 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 108 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6101 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 109 | California Lutheran University | 27900 | 70000 | 0.6017 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 109 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.559 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 113 | Marquette University | 28500 | 66200 | 0.5692 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 114 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5342 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 117 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 118 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 120 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3837 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4491 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 121 | Otterbein University | 30200 | 66800 | 0.5477 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 123 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3955 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 125 | Dominican University of California | 30900 | 69200 | 0.5536 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 127 | Lasell University | 31400 | 48500 | 0.3523 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 127 | University of St Thomas | 31400 | 70300 | 0.5537 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 129 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3315 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 130 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 131 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3622 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 133 | Manhattan University | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5586 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 134 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 135 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 136 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4268 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 139 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 140 | Fort Lewis College | 33300 | 41400 | 0.1958 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 34500 | 56400 | 0.3881 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 34600 | 77000 | 0.5505 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 145 | University of Denver | 34700 | 76800 | 0.5479 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 146 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 146 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 148 | Siena College | 35100 | 65100 | 0.4609 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 148 | Western Kentucky University | 35100 | 42300 | 0.1703 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 150 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | University of the Pacific | 36400 | 71500 | 0.4912 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 155 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0785 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 156 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 158 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0529 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 159 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2959 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 160 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38800 | 61600 | 0.3698 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 160 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2704 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 162 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4796 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 163 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 163 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1413 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 163 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40600 | 0.0082 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 170 | St. John Fisher University | 40500 | 62500 | 0.352 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 171 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 40900 | 68300 | 0.4009 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 173 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 47700 | 0.1174 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 174 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 175 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 176 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43300 | 53700 | 0.1936 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 177 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 178 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3351 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 179 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 180 | Mercer University | 48300 | 63700 | 0.2419 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 182 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 183 | University of Delaware | 49000 | 61300 | 0.2017 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 185 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 186 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 188 | University of La Verne | 56900 | 67300 | 0.1546 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 189 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 190 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 77800 | 0.0925 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 72600 | 74700 | 0.0281 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 193 | The Catholic University of America | 75700 | 82500 | 0.0824 | 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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