Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in West 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 West 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 | Marshall University | 8800 | 33700 | 0.7373 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | University of Southern Maine | 11600 | 23000 | 0.4951 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.8699 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12100 | 21100 | 0.4276 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12600 | 45900 | 0.7262 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 31200 | 0.5807 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5115 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57800 | 0.7695 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Framingham State University | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5324 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14700 | 19300 | 0.2384 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15100 | 24900 | 0.3929 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 18 | California State University-San Marcos | 15100 | 38300 | 0.6056 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4352 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15100 | 20500 | 0.2614 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 24 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5008 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 25 | Avila University | 15500 | 67500 | 0.7703 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3899 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16400 | 42300 | 0.6121 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 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 | |
| 30 | Millikin University | 16700 | 45000 | 0.6287 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4705 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 86700 | 0.8042 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 33 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17100 | 47600 | 0.6412 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 35 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17600 | 29500 | 0.4032 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 38 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 38 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 41 | Rosemont College | 18600 | 38100 | 0.5114 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 42 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19100 | 37400 | 0.4896 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | University of West Georgia | 19300 | 48000 | 0.5982 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19400 | 60400 | 0.6786 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | The University of Montana | 19500 | 25200 | 0.2259 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 47 | Carlow University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7512 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 47 | Hastings College | 19700 | 71100 | 0.7229 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 49 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6405 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 50 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.585 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 51 | Ohio Dominican University | 20400 | 65800 | 0.6895 | 843 | 1105 | 0.9423 | |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 71400 | 0.7107 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | St. Mary's University | 20800 | 70300 | 0.7044 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 55 | University of Mobile | 20900 | 56900 | 0.6322 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 58 | Virginia Union University | 21500 | 38800 | 0.4463 | 1,170 | 882 | 0.978 | |
| 59 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21600 | 42400 | 0.4902 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21700 | 53000 | 0.5911 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 61 | Hamline University | 21800 | 56500 | 0.6137 | 1,716 | 1186 | 0.8983 | |
| 61 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 61 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 61 | Tabor College | 21800 | 65000 | 0.665 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 65 | Rockford University | 21900 | 68200 | 0.6793 | 968 | 980 | 0.5704 | |
| 65 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6007 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43300 | 0.4808 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | Buena Vista University | 22600 | 59100 | 0.6185 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 70 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6557 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 70 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 70 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4542 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 73 | Assumption University | 22800 | 91300 | 0.7501 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 73 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.388 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 75 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5759 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 76 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23100 | 78600 | 0.7067 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 77 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23400 | 68400 | 0.658 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 78 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 79 | Albright College | 23900 | 49300 | 0.5151 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 80 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 81 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24300 | 48900 | 0.5027 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 82 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 82 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 84 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 86 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5392 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 87 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 88 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 89 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.871 | |
| 90 | Marquette University | 25600 | 63100 | 0.5939 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 91 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 92 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5401 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 93 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 93 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5679 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 95 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 77000 | 0.6549 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | University of St Thomas | 26700 | 50900 | 0.4756 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 98 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 67800 | 0.6048 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 100 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 101 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 102 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 104 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2771 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 104 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 106 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 107 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 108 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6094 | 2,446 | 1247 | 0.78 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 28000 | 63200 | 0.5578 | 2,626 | 1265 | 0.5909 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2225 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 114 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5373 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 115 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 116 | Drury University | 28600 | 52900 | 0.4592 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5912 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29100 | 31100 | 0.0659 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 120 | Cedar Crest College | 29200 | 66000 | 0.5572 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 122 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2864 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 122 | William Penn University | 29700 | 48000 | 0.3821 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 124 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3989 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 125 | Baker University | 30300 | 54800 | 0.4477 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30600 | 54700 | 0.4401 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 126 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3366 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 128 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5564 | 1,127 | 1225 | 0.8392 | |
| 129 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 129 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 131 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55500 | 0.4415 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 132 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 132 | University of St Thomas | 31300 | 70300 | 0.5551 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 134 | Lebanon Valley College | 31600 | 72400 | 0.5637 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 135 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3606 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 135 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 135 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32000 | 51700 | 0.3811 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 140 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32400 | 34400 | 0.0595 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 142 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4268 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 143 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 144 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 145 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 146 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 146 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34100 | 38700 | 0.1177 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 148 | Fort Lewis College | 34800 | 41400 | 0.1596 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 149 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 149 | Siena College | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 151 | Barry University | 35000 | 56400 | 0.3792 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7713 | |
| 152 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 153 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 154 | Lander University | 35300 | 37700 | 0.0637 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 154 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35300 | 59200 | 0.4034 | 12,332 | 1157 | 0.6267 | |
| 156 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0788 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 157 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 158 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 160 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 160 | University of the Pacific | 36400 | 71500 | 0.4912 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 162 | Crown College | 36600 | 53200 | 0.3112 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 163 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 163 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 165 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 166 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38500 | 61600 | 0.3747 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 38500 | 54500 | 0.2944 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 168 | Pacific University | 39100 | 74900 | 0.4785 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1396 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 170 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4479 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 171 | Saint Anselm College | 39900 | 73700 | 0.4585 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 40200 | 52200 | 0.2308 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0089 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 174 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 175 | Butler University | 41000 | 68300 | 0.3994 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 176 | Washington State University | 41100 | 56300 | 0.2706 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 177 | Saint Vincent College | 41500 | 64600 | 0.3569 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 178 | Union University | 42000 | 64100 | 0.3441 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4669 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 180 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 181 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 182 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51700 | 53700 | 0.0382 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 185 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1253 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 186 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 187 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 190 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 191 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 75200 | 77800 | 0.0334 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 193 | 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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