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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 6900 | 93000 | 0.926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8300 | 36700 | 0.7746 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5126 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 11700 | 27200 | 0.5676 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 14200 | 25900 | 0.4525 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4963 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | University of Southern Maine | 15600 | 23000 | 0.3214 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15600 | 19300 | 0.1917 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 15 | University of St Thomas | 16100 | 50900 | 0.684 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16300 | 28000 | 0.4176 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 19 | Coker University | 17200 | 47800 | 0.6404 | 1,187 | 1005 | 0.9723 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 17300 | 67600 | 0.7446 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18200 | 28800 | 0.3683 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 22 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 22 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 24 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18500 | 27700 | 0.3319 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 25 | Hastings College | 18700 | 50400 | 0.629 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 26 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 27 | Framingham State University | 19100 | 31000 | 0.384 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan University | 19200 | 36100 | 0.4687 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 29 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2856 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 30 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 30 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2698 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 32 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 33 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 34 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19900 | 25800 | 0.2286 | 6,706 | 960 | 0.92 | |
| 36 | University of West Georgia | 20100 | 23600 | 0.1481 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 20300 | 27600 | 0.2648 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20400 | 33400 | 0.3897 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 39 | Lee University | 20500 | 37100 | 0.4469 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 20500 | 28800 | 0.2884 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 41 | Lebanon Valley College | 20600 | 71600 | 0.7125 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 42 | McMurry University | 20700 | 46600 | 0.5563 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 43 | Virginia Union University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3289 | 1,170 | 900 | 0.978 | |
| 44 | Niagara University | 21100 | 57400 | 0.6322 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 46 | Northern Arizona University | 21700 | 32000 | 0.3209 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 47 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5523 | 1,026 | 1005 | 0.9244 | |
| 47 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 49 | Stockton University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 50 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44000 | 0.4936 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Cottey College | 22400 | 37300 | 0.4008 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
| 53 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6555 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 53 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4539 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 55 | Manchester University | 22800 | 54100 | 0.5778 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 56 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2884 | 3,102 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 57 | Carlow University | 23400 | 58100 | 0.5977 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 58 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 59 | Ohio Dominican University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5529 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 59 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 61 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 24000 | 29800 | 0.1925 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 63 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2923 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 64 | Hamline University | 24400 | 56500 | 0.5677 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
| 64 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 64 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 67 | University of Mobile | 24500 | 44500 | 0.4491 | 1,688 | 1180 | 0.7251 | |
| 68 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5402 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 70 | The University of Tampa | 24900 | 56900 | 0.562 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.547 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 72 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 933 | 1100 | 0.6773 | |
| 72 | Rockford University | 25100 | 60300 | 0.5835 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25200 | 76300 | 0.67 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 74 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 76 | Old Dominion University | 25300 | 32100 | 0.212 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 77 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 79 | California State University-Fresno | 25600 | 35900 | 0.2868 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 79 | Flagler College | 25600 | 37800 | 0.323 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 79 | St. Mary's University | 25600 | 55900 | 0.5422 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 82 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66500 | 0.6109 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 86 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 87 | Randolph-Macon College | 26600 | 69200 | 0.6155 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 88 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 47100 | 0.4307 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 88 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26800 | 48900 | 0.4516 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 90 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 90 | Saint Edward's University | 27100 | 71900 | 0.6227 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 92 | Webster University | 27300 | 54300 | 0.4969 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 93 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 41000 | 0.3314 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 94 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 95 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6109 | 2,446 | 1179 | 0.78 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 99 | McPherson College | 28300 | 47600 | 0.4058 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 100 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5371 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 101 | California State University-San Marcos | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2576 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 101 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2228 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 28600 | 29800 | 0.0403 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | Assumption University | 28800 | 74400 | 0.6133 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 107 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 108 | Regis University | 29000 | 67200 | 0.5681 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 109 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 110 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 111 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29600 | 38000 | 0.2213 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 112 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 113 | Le Moyne College | 29800 | 53700 | 0.4452 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 114 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 115 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 116 | Baker University | 30100 | 54800 | 0.4505 | 1,264 | 1040 | 0.9418 | |
| 117 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.3987 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 118 | Crown College | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3528 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 119 | Lander University | 30400 | 37000 | 0.1785 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 121 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 121 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 123 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 124 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 124 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 126 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5048 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 127 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 129 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 131 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 132 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 133 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 134 | Fort Lewis College | 33000 | 41100 | 0.1973 | 3,320 | 1160 | 0.9323 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 136 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33600 | 68400 | 0.5088 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 137 | Emmanuel College | 33800 | 68300 | 0.5054 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 138 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 140 | Saint Anselm College | 34200 | 73700 | 0.536 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 142 | St. John Fisher University | 34600 | 63700 | 0.457 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 34900 | 54600 | 0.3607 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 144 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 145 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.406 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 147 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Texas | 37200 | 43600 | 0.1469 | 1,391 | 1110 | 0.9106 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 152 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37500 | 44100 | 0.1496 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 154 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2629 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 155 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 156 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 157 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 158 | Hofstra University | 39100 | 74600 | 0.4757 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 159 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4501 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39500 | 48900 | 0.1922 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 161 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 163 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 164 | Marquette University | 41700 | 75100 | 0.4449 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 165 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3465 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 166 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 45700 | 0.0825 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 168 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 169 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 52900 | 0.1853 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 170 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 171 | Butler University | 43500 | 64500 | 0.3255 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 47600 | 58800 | 0.1905 | 849 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 173 | University of St Thomas | 49900 | 70300 | 0.2904 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 55400 | 64800 | 0.145 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 180 | Stonehill College | 70700 | 70700 | 0 | 2,515 | 1245 | 0.7256 | |
| 181 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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