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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 69,749 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 39,727 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10200 | 10300 | 0.0106 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 7 | San Jacinto Community College | 10700 | 14300 | 0.2516 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12300 | 20500 | 0.3996 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 12 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 25700 | 0.5013 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5246 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19500 | 0.3073 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 18 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 21 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 21 | Virginia Union University | 15000 | 39400 | 0.6189 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 23 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 27 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5365 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | University of Southern Maine | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2736 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 30 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 30 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16800 | 28200 | 0.4038 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17000 | 29900 | 0.4305 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 34 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 36 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17600 | 26900 | 0.3458 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 38 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 39 | University of Lynchburg | 17900 | 54900 | 0.6736 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 40 | Tabor College | 18000 | 54400 | 0.6694 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18100 | 21900 | 0.1737 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28700 | 0.3678 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4554 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 42200 | 0.5516 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 47 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2418 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 48 | Framingham State University | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3808 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 49 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19600 | 57800 | 0.661 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 51 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 51 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 54 | Lee University | 19800 | 37400 | 0.4709 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 55 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 57 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | McMurry University | 20100 | 51800 | 0.6111 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 62200 | 0.6772 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 61 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 61 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 63 | Coker University | 20700 | 47800 | 0.5672 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 64 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7008 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 65 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 65 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3821 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 68 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1396 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 70 | Texas Tech University | 22100 | 27200 | 0.1903 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 71 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 71 | University of St Thomas | 22200 | 50200 | 0.5582 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 73 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 74 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6559 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 74 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4544 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 76 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3882 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 77 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 77 | The University of Tampa | 22900 | 56900 | 0.597 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 80 | Ohio Dominican University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5813 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 81 | Hamline University | 23300 | 56500 | 0.5871 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 82 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 84 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24400 | 67400 | 0.6384 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 86 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 87 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 88 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 89 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 89 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 91 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 93 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 94 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 95 | Hastings College | 26000 | 63000 | 0.5873 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 96 | LeTourneau University | 26100 | 54200 | 0.5182 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 97 | Seattle Pacific University | 26400 | 70000 | 0.6228 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 97 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59900 | 0.5593 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 99 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 99 | Heidelberg University | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4548 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 99 | University of Mobile | 26500 | 48300 | 0.451 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 102 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 54900 | 0.5114 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 103 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 105 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5603 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 105 | St Bonaventure University | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5604 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 105 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2758 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 109 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 110 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 111 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 112 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 116 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 118 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 119 | Webster University | 28700 | 54700 | 0.4755 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 120 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28800 | 69300 | 0.5842 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 121 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 122 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 125 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 126 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 126 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.399 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 128 | Assumption University | 30300 | 74400 | 0.5924 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 128 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 128 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 132 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5566 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 133 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 134 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 135 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 136 | Lebanon Valley College | 31700 | 72400 | 0.5623 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 136 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 138 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 139 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 139 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1864 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 141 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32100 | 68600 | 0.5321 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 142 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 143 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 144 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 145 | North Central College | 33000 | 64900 | 0.4916 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 146 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 147 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 148 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 148 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | Lander University | 33700 | 37700 | 0.1062 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 151 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 152 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 153 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 154 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 155 | Barry University | 34500 | 56400 | 0.3881 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 156 | Howard Payne University | 34600 | 54500 | 0.3651 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 158 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 159 | Concordia University Texas | 35100 | 45800 | 0.2349 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 160 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 161 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 161 | University of the Pacific | 35500 | 71500 | 0.5038 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 163 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 164 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 165 | Siena College | 36400 | 65100 | 0.4409 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 166 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 167 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 168 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 169 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 170 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 171 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 172 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 172 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 174 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 175 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 175 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 177 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 178 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 179 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2777 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 180 | Butler University | 41000 | 67900 | 0.3963 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 181 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 182 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 183 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 184 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 185 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 187 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 188 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 189 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 190 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 191 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 192 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 193 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 76600 | 0.0783 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 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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