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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4226 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11800 | 20500 | 0.4246 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 28000 | 0.5496 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 25800 | 0.4543 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 30400 | 0.5309 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 24700 | 0.4097 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 15 | Virginia Union University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6141 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 17 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4786 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 18 | University of St Thomas | 14900 | 50900 | 0.7075 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 19 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 16300 | 23000 | 0.291 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5448 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16400 | 28200 | 0.4179 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 25 | Arkansas State University | 16500 | 28100 | 0.413 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 25 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 29 | Millikin University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6175 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 17600 | 34000 | 0.4818 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 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 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3253 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 38 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 39 | The University of Montana | 18900 | 25200 | 0.2497 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19100 | 68100 | 0.7197 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 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 | 0.6219 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 19600 | 73800 | 0.7342 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 44 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19600 | 62200 | 0.6853 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 29000 | 0.3212 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Johnson C Smith University | 19800 | 40800 | 0.5148 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 51 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 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 | |
| 54 | Coker University | 20100 | 47800 | 0.5798 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 55 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 56 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 58 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20800 | 70000 | 0.7022 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21400 | 35300 | 0.3934 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 62 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21500 | 48900 | 0.5599 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 63 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 66 | Lycoming College | 22000 | 65800 | 0.6663 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 29100 | 0.241 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 68 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.467 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 69 | Cottey College | 22300 | 37300 | 0.4025 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 22400 | 52100 | 0.5696 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 71 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 73 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 74 | Ohio Dominican University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5849 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 75 | Hamline University | 23100 | 56500 | 0.5907 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23100 | 33600 | 0.3123 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 67400 | 0.6488 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 78 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3863 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 79 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 80 | Indiana State University | 24200 | 32400 | 0.2532 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 81 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 82 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 83 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 84 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 85 | University at Buffalo | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25200 | 37900 | 0.3348 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 87 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 88 | Randolph-Macon College | 25400 | 68700 | 0.6302 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 89 | Hastings College | 25800 | 63000 | 0.5905 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 89 | Seattle Pacific University | 25800 | 70000 | 0.6314 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 91 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 91 | Rockford University | 25900 | 59600 | 0.5656 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 27000 | 0.0407 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 94 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26200 | 54900 | 0.5223 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 94 | University of Mobile | 26200 | 48300 | 0.4572 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 96 | Heidelberg University | 26300 | 48600 | 0.4589 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 97 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 98 | Flagler College | 26500 | 61200 | 0.5668 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 98 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 100 | St Bonaventure University | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5653 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 101 | University of La Verne | 26700 | 67300 | 0.6029 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 102 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27200 | 62400 | 0.564 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2522 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 105 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 106 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5467 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28200 | 69300 | 0.5929 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 111 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 111 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 113 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 115 | Cedar Crest College | 28900 | 66000 | 0.5618 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4776 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 120 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4089 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 121 | Dominican University of California | 30100 | 69200 | 0.565 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 121 | University of West Georgia | 30100 | 46800 | 0.3568 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 123 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 124 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 57300 | 0.4694 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 126 | Assumption University | 30600 | 74400 | 0.5884 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 127 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30800 | 77600 | 0.6029 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 128 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 129 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56300 | 0.4492 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 130 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31300 | 68600 | 0.5437 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 131 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 132 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 133 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 133 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.383 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32000 | 45700 | 0.3 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 137 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 137 | Marquette University | 32300 | 66500 | 0.5142 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 137 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0624 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 140 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 141 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 142 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 143 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 144 | Lander University | 33400 | 37700 | 0.1142 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 144 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 146 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 147 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 147 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 149 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 149 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 152 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 154 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 155 | California Lutheran University | 35100 | 70000 | 0.4988 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 156 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.405 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 156 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 158 | University of the Pacific | 35600 | 71500 | 0.5024 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 159 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 160 | Siena College | 35900 | 65100 | 0.4486 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 162 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 163 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37500 | 38500 | 0.026 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0774 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 165 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 166 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 167 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 168 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 169 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 171 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 172 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 173 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 173 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 175 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 176 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 177 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40700 | 53600 | 0.2408 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 41200 | 67900 | 0.3934 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 180 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 182 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46000 | 56300 | 0.183 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 184 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 185 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 186 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 187 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 188 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 189 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 193 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 194 | 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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