Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | San Jacinto Community College | 10700 | 14300 | 0.2517 | 5,070 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | University of Southern Maine | 11600 | 23000 | 0.4951 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4326 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | California State University-Fresno | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3462 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 31200 | 0.5807 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 13 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 14200 | 18800 | 0.2446 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14600 | 24300 | 0.3985 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14700 | 26700 | 0.4518 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15100 | 24900 | 0.3929 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5006 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15300 | 26400 | 0.4201 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 24 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 25 | Avila University | 15500 | 67500 | 0.7703 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 26 | California State University-San Marcos | 15600 | 24700 | 0.3691 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 27 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 28 | Coker University | 16500 | 47800 | 0.6551 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 28 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16500 | 42300 | 0.6098 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 32 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3544 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 86700 | 0.8042 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 36 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17100 | 47600 | 0.6412 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 38 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17600 | 29500 | 0.4032 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 38 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 42 | University of St Thomas | 18100 | 50200 | 0.64 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 44 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 47 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 49 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 50 | Lee University | 19100 | 37400 | 0.4896 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 51 | McMurry University | 19400 | 60500 | 0.6793 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 52 | The University of Montana | 19500 | 25200 | 0.2259 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 24900 | 0.213 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7512 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 54 | Hastings College | 19700 | 71100 | 0.7229 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 56 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 57 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 58 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 65800 | 0.6895 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 71400 | 0.7105 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 60 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 60 | St. Mary's University | 20800 | 70400 | 0.7047 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 62 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 20900 | 56900 | 0.6322 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 64 | The University of Tampa | 21100 | 56900 | 0.6287 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 67 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 68 | Virginia Union University | 21500 | 38800 | 0.4463 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 69 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21600 | 42400 | 0.4902 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 70 | Hamline University | 21800 | 56500 | 0.6137 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 70 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5529 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 70 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 70 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 75 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 77 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 78 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 79 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6556 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 79 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 79 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4541 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 82 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3878 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 83 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.577 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 84 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23100 | 78600 | 0.7065 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 85 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23400 | 68400 | 0.658 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 86 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 86 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 88 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 88 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 90 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.449 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 92 | LeTourneau University | 24200 | 54200 | 0.5533 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 93 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24300 | 48900 | 0.5027 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 94 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 96 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 96 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 98 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 99 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 99 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 101 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 102 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 103 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 104 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 104 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 106 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5676 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 108 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 77000 | 0.6549 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 109 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 110 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 67800 | 0.6048 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 112 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 113 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 114 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 115 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 117 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2774 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 117 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 119 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 120 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 121 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6102 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 122 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5591 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 122 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 126 | Marquette University | 28300 | 66200 | 0.5722 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 127 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5372 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 128 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 128 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 130 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 131 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 132 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 133 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 134 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 135 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 136 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4492 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 136 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3987 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 139 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 140 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5564 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 141 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 141 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 143 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 143 | University of St Thomas | 31300 | 70300 | 0.5551 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 145 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 146 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 147 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 147 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 149 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 150 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 150 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 152 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 153 | Texas Tech University | 32600 | 41000 | 0.205 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 154 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 155 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 156 | Howard Payne University | 34600 | 54500 | 0.3648 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 157 | Fort Lewis College | 34800 | 41400 | 0.1596 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 158 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 158 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 158 | Siena College | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 161 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 162 | Concordia University Texas | 35100 | 45800 | 0.2346 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 163 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4048 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 165 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0556 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 166 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 166 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 168 | University of the Pacific | 36400 | 71500 | 0.4912 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 169 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 170 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 171 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 172 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 173 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38600 | 61600 | 0.3731 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 174 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 175 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 176 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 177 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 178 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0084 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 179 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 180 | Butler University | 41000 | 68300 | 0.3994 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 181 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 182 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 183 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 184 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 46700 | 63700 | 0.267 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 187 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 188 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 190 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 194 | Gonzaga University | 75200 | 77800 | 0.0334 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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