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 | 7600 | 92900 | 0.9184 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | University of Southern Maine | 11300 | 23000 | 0.5081 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12100 | 51900 | 0.7672 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 25900 | 0.5298 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5134 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4811 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5415 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14400 | 19300 | 0.2539 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14700 | 37900 | 0.6117 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 30700 | 0.5153 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14900 | 20500 | 0.2738 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 23 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 38300 | 0.6056 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 26 | Carlow University | 15400 | 57800 | 0.7337 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 27 | Delaware State University | 15700 | 46500 | 0.6625 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 28 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15900 | 67400 | 0.7646 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 30 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4197 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 31 | Coker University | 16700 | 47800 | 0.6509 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5795 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | Millikin University | 16700 | 45000 | 0.6287 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 34 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 16800 | 47600 | 0.6475 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 35 | Cleveland State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4493 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 17200 | 44000 | 0.6097 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 38 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4133 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 39 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3515 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 17600 | 34000 | 0.4821 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 45 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3221 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 47 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 48 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 48 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 50 | McMurry University | 19000 | 60400 | 0.6852 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 51 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 52 | University of Lynchburg | 19300 | 52100 | 0.6288 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 53 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 54 | Mary Baldwin University | 19500 | 47700 | 0.5917 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 55 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 56 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 57 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5867 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6094 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20300 | 71400 | 0.716 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 59 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 42400 | 0.5209 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 61 | St. Mary's University | 20400 | 70300 | 0.71 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | University of Mobile | 20600 | 56900 | 0.6375 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 64 | Hamline University | 20800 | 56500 | 0.6313 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 64 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 37800 | 0.45 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 66 | Ohio Dominican University | 21000 | 65800 | 0.6804 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21200 | 53000 | 0.6006 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 68 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 69 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 70 | Hastings College | 21500 | 71100 | 0.6976 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 28200 | 0.238 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Rockford University | 21700 | 68200 | 0.6822 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 73 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5528 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 74 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 75 | Lycoming College | 22000 | 65800 | 0.6663 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 76 | Tabor College | 22100 | 65000 | 0.6604 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 77 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.467 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 78 | Cottey College | 22300 | 37300 | 0.4025 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 79 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6194 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 80 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 80 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 61200 | 0.6306 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 82 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22700 | 78600 | 0.7115 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 83 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5769 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 85 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23500 | 68400 | 0.6565 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 86 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 88 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 89 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5823 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 89 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24400 | 48900 | 0.5007 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 89 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 92 | Heidelberg University | 24500 | 48600 | 0.496 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 93 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 93 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5407 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 95 | Marquette University | 25000 | 63100 | 0.6034 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 96 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5409 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26000 | 61400 | 0.5757 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 99 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26100 | 79400 | 0.6715 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 99 | Flagler College | 26100 | 61100 | 0.5727 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 99 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 102 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26300 | 67800 | 0.6122 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 103 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4743 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 104 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 104 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 106 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 107 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 107 | Loyola University New Orleans | 27200 | 72100 | 0.6226 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 109 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 110 | Johnson C Smith University | 27500 | 47400 | 0.4201 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 111 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5467 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6101 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.559 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2247 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 116 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 117 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 118 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 118 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 120 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 121 | Cedar Crest College | 29000 | 66000 | 0.5602 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 122 | Kansas State University | 29200 | 41600 | 0.2981 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 123 | Randolph-Macon College | 29300 | 68700 | 0.5734 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 124 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 125 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3837 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 126 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4089 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 127 | Dominican University of California | 30100 | 69200 | 0.565 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 128 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4491 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 129 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 66800 | 0.5447 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 131 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 132 | University of St Thomas | 31100 | 70300 | 0.5579 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 133 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 134 | Lasell University | 31400 | 48500 | 0.3523 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 134 | Lebanon Valley College | 31400 | 72400 | 0.5665 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 136 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3315 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 137 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 137 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3622 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 139 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 140 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 142 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 142 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0619 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 144 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 145 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 146 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 147 | Fort Lewis College | 33300 | 41400 | 0.1958 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 148 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 149 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 150 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 151 | Hofstra University | 34200 | 77000 | 0.5557 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 152 | Barry University | 34400 | 56400 | 0.3899 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 153 | Siena College | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76800 | 0.5466 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 155 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 155 | Lander University | 35100 | 37700 | 0.0691 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 157 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 158 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4047 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 159 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 160 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 161 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 161 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 71500 | 0.4898 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 163 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0769 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 165 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 166 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37900 | 61600 | 0.3844 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 167 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0529 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 168 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2959 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2704 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 170 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4796 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 171 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 171 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1413 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 171 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 174 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 73700 | 0.4572 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 175 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 176 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 177 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 41100 | 68300 | 0.398 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53400 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 180 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3351 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 182 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 187 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 188 | University of La Verne | 57000 | 67300 | 0.1531 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 77800 | 0.0912 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 194 | The Catholic University of America | 75800 | 82500 | 0.0812 | 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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