Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4223 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Indiana State University | 11400 | 25900 | 0.5607 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 11700 | 27900 | 0.5825 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11800 | 20500 | 0.4247 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5363 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12200 | 24900 | 0.5092 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12500 | 25700 | 0.5136 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 28000 | 0.5496 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 17100 | 0.2454 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6053 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 25800 | 0.4544 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 30400 | 0.531 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Virginia Union University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6141 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 19 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4786 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 20 | University of St Thomas | 14900 | 50900 | 0.7075 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 24600 | 0.3662 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3944 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5461 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 28200 | 0.4179 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 26 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4184 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | Millikin University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6175 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17200 | 29800 | 0.4223 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 30 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 31 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 31 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17700 | 21900 | 0.192 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 17900 | 54400 | 0.6713 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 37 | Ursuline College | 18300 | 61900 | 0.7039 | 677 | 1115 | 0.7493 | |
| 38 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5126 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 39 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18700 | 24400 | 0.2339 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 40 | Framingham State University | 18800 | 31000 | 0.3937 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 41 | The University of Montana | 18900 | 25200 | 0.2497 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 42 | Carlow University | 19500 | 57800 | 0.6627 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 42 | Mary Baldwin University | 19500 | 47700 | 0.5917 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 44 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | McMurry University | 19600 | 51900 | 0.6218 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 19600 | 73800 | 0.7342 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 44 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19600 | 62200 | 0.6844 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 48 | Central Connecticut State University | 19800 | 29500 | 0.3286 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6413 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | Johnson C Smith University | 19800 | 40800 | 0.5148 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 51 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19900 | 72100 | 0.7238 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 53 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 54 | Coker University | 20100 | 47800 | 0.5798 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 54 | Davis & Elkins College | 20100 | 49600 | 0.5935 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 56 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 57 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1822 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 60 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7014 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 61 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4116 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 62 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 63 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21500 | 48900 | 0.5599 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 65 | Lycoming College | 22000 | 65800 | 0.6663 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 22000 | 57400 | 0.6165 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 68 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4671 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 69 | Cottey College | 22300 | 37300 | 0.4026 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 22400 | 52100 | 0.5705 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22400 | 25900 | 0.1344 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 72 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6191 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.479 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 74 | Old Dominion University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2708 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 76 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5765 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 77 | Ohio Dominican University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5849 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 78 | Hamline University | 23100 | 56500 | 0.5907 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 67400 | 0.6488 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 80 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,356 | 1222 | 0.7091 | |
| 81 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5713 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5817 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 83 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.54 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 86 | Randolph-Macon College | 25400 | 68700 | 0.6302 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 87 | Hastings College | 25800 | 63000 | 0.5905 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 88 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 89 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5406 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 89 | Western Kentucky University | 26000 | 27000 | 0.037 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 91 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26200 | 54900 | 0.5223 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 91 | University of Mobile | 26200 | 48300 | 0.4572 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 93 | Heidelberg University | 26300 | 48600 | 0.4589 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 94 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 95 | Albright College | 26500 | 49300 | 0.4624 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 95 | Flagler College | 26500 | 61200 | 0.5668 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 95 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4736 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 98 | St Bonaventure University | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5653 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 99 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 100 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27200 | 62400 | 0.564 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2522 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 103 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2772 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1212 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 105 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6098 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5585 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 28000 | 38200 | 0.2671 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 110 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28100 | 69300 | 0.5943 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 110 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2238 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1266 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 115 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5916 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 116 | Hiram College | 28800 | 48700 | 0.4085 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 116 | North Central College | 28800 | 64900 | 0.5563 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 118 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0967 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 119 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 120 | Regis University | 29200 | 67200 | 0.5651 | 2,689 | 1222 | 0.8646 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29300 | 56200 | 0.4784 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 122 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3339 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 123 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.383 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 124 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.409 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 126 | Dominican University of California | 30100 | 69200 | 0.5649 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 127 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4485 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 128 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 57300 | 0.4694 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 129 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30600 | 54700 | 0.4409 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 130 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30800 | 77600 | 0.6029 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 131 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 132 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 132 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31400 | 68600 | 0.5423 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 134 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41200 | 0.2357 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 135 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31600 | 47100 | 0.3308 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 136 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 137 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3615 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 138 | Marquette University | 32300 | 66500 | 0.5142 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1199 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 140 | University of Rhode Island | 32900 | 46400 | 0.2907 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 141 | Lander University | 33400 | 37700 | 0.1142 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 141 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 143 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 144 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 146 | Assumption University | 34700 | 74400 | 0.5333 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 34800 | 56400 | 0.3828 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 149 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 150 | California Lutheran University | 35100 | 70000 | 0.4988 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 151 | University of New England | 35200 | 68000 | 0.4827 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 151 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 153 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 154 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 155 | Siena University | 35900 | 65100 | 0.4486 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 157 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1224 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 158 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.076 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 160 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 161 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 161 | University of Central Arkansas | 38200 | 40200 | 0.0521 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2953 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 164 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38800 | 46600 | 0.1673 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 164 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2698 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 166 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4791 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 167 | Champlain College | 39300 | 76000 | 0.4831 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 168 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1406 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 169 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4486 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 169 | Saint Vincent College | 39500 | 64600 | 0.3886 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 171 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2316 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 171 | Saint Anselm College | 40100 | 73700 | 0.4558 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 174 | Butler University | 41200 | 67900 | 0.3934 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 175 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41900 | 53200 | 0.2124 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 176 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4672 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 176 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53600 | 0.1979 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 178 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 179 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3346 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 180 | Mercer University | 45300 | 65400 | 0.3076 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 182 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 183 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52800 | 0.0587 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0394 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 185 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0329 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 188 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 189 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 190 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 191 | 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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