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 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 2 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4068 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3909 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 11 | Western Kentucky University | 13600 | 27000 | 0.498 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 14 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,153 | 1035 | 0.7012 | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 15200 | 39400 | 0.6138 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Lander University | 15800 | 24600 | 0.357 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 19 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 24600 | 0.354 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 20 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2693 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16900 | 28200 | 0.4002 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5293 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Tabor College | 17800 | 54400 | 0.6731 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 30 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 32 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 33 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4524 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 34 | Ursuline College | 18800 | 61900 | 0.6959 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7479 | |
| 35 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 42200 | 0.5516 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 37 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2418 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 38 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 38 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 38 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 41 | Carlow University | 19800 | 82500 | 0.7601 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19900 | 37400 | 0.4682 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 20100 | 73800 | 0.7274 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 79300 | 0.7449 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 48 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 49 | Albright College | 20400 | 49300 | 0.5861 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 49 | McMurry University | 20400 | 51900 | 0.6064 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 49 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 55400 | 0.6318 | 787 | 1385 | 0.9387 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 54 | Coker University | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5651 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 56 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 21500 | 24800 | 0.1329 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 58 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | Hiram College | 21700 | 48700 | 0.5541 | 991 | 1075 | 0.9748 | |
| 60 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 60 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 62 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6014 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 63 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3764 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 65 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 66 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 67 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5787 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 68 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22900 | 70000 | 0.6728 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 68 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.45 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 70 | Cottey College | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3832 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 70 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 31000 | 0.2579 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 72 | Drury University | 23100 | 52900 | 0.5632 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 73 | Hastings College | 23700 | 63000 | 0.6238 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 74 | Hamline University | 23800 | 56500 | 0.5783 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 74 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 34100 | 0.3016 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23800 | 34800 | 0.3158 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 77 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 78 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 79 | Maryville College | 24300 | 58400 | 0.5834 | 1,144 | 1140 | 0.6885 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 90700 | 0.7288 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 81 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25200 | 37900 | 0.3348 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 82 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,152 | 1089 | 0.6954 | |
| 83 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 83 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9289 | |
| 85 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 85 | University of St Thomas | 25900 | 50900 | 0.4914 | 3,466 | 1095 | 0.8355 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 1,002 | 1025 | 0.82 | |
| 88 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 89 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 89 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 91 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 91 | University of Mobile | 26600 | 48300 | 0.4489 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 93 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 94 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 94 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 54900 | 0.5078 | 1,295 | 1100 | 0.9298 | |
| 97 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 97 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 99 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 99 | Randolph-Macon College | 27400 | 69200 | 0.6037 | 1,800 | 1128 | 0.9105 | |
| 101 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 101 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27600 | 71200 | 0.6116 | 2,396 | 1159 | 0.866 | |
| 103 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27700 | 30000 | 0.0763 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 104 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 28500 | 0.0245 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 104 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 108 | North Central College | 28500 | 64900 | 0.5609 | 2,567 | 1203 | 0.8377 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28600 | 61400 | 0.5342 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 111 | Webster University | 28700 | 54700 | 0.4755 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 112 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 113 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 114 | Flagler College | 29200 | 61200 | 0.5227 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 115 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 59400 | 0.5033 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 119 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.452 | 1,317 | 1035 | 0.9771 | |
| 120 | Regis University | 30200 | 67200 | 0.5502 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4445 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 121 | William Peace University | 30400 | 50200 | 0.3956 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 124 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 125 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31400 | 77600 | 0.5952 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 125 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 127 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 128 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1899 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 129 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 130 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 132 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32300 | 68600 | 0.5292 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 133 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 134 | Marquette University | 33200 | 66500 | 0.5007 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 135 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 136 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,948 | 1245 | 0.7677 | |
| 137 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33900 | 40900 | 0.1711 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 138 | Assumption University | 34000 | 74400 | 0.5427 | 1,737 | 1085 | 0.8455 | |
| 139 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 141 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 142 | Siena University | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4625 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 35300 | 56900 | 0.3793 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 147 | California Lutheran University | 35700 | 70000 | 0.4902 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 148 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35900 | 61100 | 0.4131 | 12,798 | 1157 | 0.1421 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 151 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 152 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 153 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 155 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 155 | LeTourneau University | 38200 | 54800 | 0.3031 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 157 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 158 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 159 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39200 | 46600 | 0.1588 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 162 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1448 | 1,189 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 164 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 164 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 166 | Saint Anselm College | 39600 | 73700 | 0.4626 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 167 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2354 | 1,615 | 1075 | 0.6396 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 40200 | 41000 | 0.0195 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 169 | St. John Fisher University | 40300 | 62500 | 0.3552 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 170 | Champlain College | 40800 | 76000 | 0.4634 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 171 | Dominican University of California | 41100 | 69200 | 0.4066 | 1,058 | 0 | 0.521 | |
| 172 | Butler University | 41200 | 67900 | 0.3934 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 173 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2147 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 173 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 47700 | 0.1174 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 175 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 176 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 177 | University at Buffalo | 43500 | 46700 | 0.0685 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 178 | Union University | 43800 | 66000 | 0.3375 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 179 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 180 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 182 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 183 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 53900 | 54300 | 0.0074 | 1,268 | 1105 | 0.9128 | |
| 186 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 68500 | 70600 | 0.0297 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 190 | 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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