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 | 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 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 7 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5246 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 11 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4715 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 15000 | 39400 | 0.6189 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 19 | University of St Thomas | 15500 | 50900 | 0.6958 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 22 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5365 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | University of Southern Maine | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2736 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 26 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16800 | 28200 | 0.4038 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 29 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 31 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 32 | Avila University | 17800 | 64100 | 0.7221 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 33 | University of Lynchburg | 17900 | 54900 | 0.6736 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 34 | Tabor College | 18000 | 54400 | 0.6694 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18100 | 21900 | 0.1737 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 38 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5141 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 38 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 40 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2418 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 41 | Framingham State University | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3808 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 42 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 43 | Carlow University | 19600 | 57800 | 0.661 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 44 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6423 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 44 | Johnson C Smith University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5172 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 47 | Lee University | 19800 | 37400 | 0.4709 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 48 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 50 | McMurry University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6142 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 50 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 62200 | 0.6772 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 54 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | Coker University | 20700 | 47800 | 0.5672 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 59 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20900 | 70000 | 0.7008 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20900 | 26000 | 0.1978 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 61 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5533 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 61 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3821 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 65 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22200 | 48900 | 0.5456 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 66 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 67 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6559 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 67 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4544 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 69 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3882 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 70 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5771 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 71 | Ohio Dominican University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5813 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 72 | Hamline University | 23300 | 56500 | 0.5871 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 74 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3863 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 75 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 76 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2922 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24400 | 67400 | 0.6384 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 77 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 79 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.581 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 80 | Indiana State University | 24600 | 32400 | 0.2408 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 82 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | Rockford University | 25800 | 59600 | 0.5673 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 88 | Hastings College | 26000 | 63000 | 0.5873 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 89 | Seattle Pacific University | 26400 | 70000 | 0.6228 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 89 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 91 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 91 | Heidelberg University | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4548 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 91 | University of Mobile | 26500 | 48300 | 0.451 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 94 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 95 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 54900 | 0.5114 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 95 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 97 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 97 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5603 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 97 | St Bonaventure University | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5604 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 100 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 101 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1238 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0996 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 105 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 106 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27700 | 71200 | 0.6103 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 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 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 110 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 113 | Webster University | 28700 | 54700 | 0.4755 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 114 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28800 | 69300 | 0.5842 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 117 | North Central College | 29400 | 64900 | 0.547 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 120 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 121 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4495 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 121 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.399 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 123 | Assumption University | 30300 | 74400 | 0.5924 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 123 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 126 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5566 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 128 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 129 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 130 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 131 | Lebanon Valley College | 31700 | 72400 | 0.5623 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 131 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 133 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 133 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.383 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 135 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32100 | 68600 | 0.5321 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32100 | 45700 | 0.2978 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 137 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 137 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.0624 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 139 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 140 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 141 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 142 | Emmanuel College | 33500 | 71400 | 0.5308 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 142 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 144 | Lander University | 33700 | 37700 | 0.1062 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 145 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 146 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 146 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 149 | Barry University | 34500 | 56400 | 0.3881 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 151 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 152 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 35200 | 59200 | 0.405 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 152 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 154 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 154 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 154 | University of the Pacific | 35500 | 71500 | 0.5038 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 157 | Siena College | 36400 | 65100 | 0.4409 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 158 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 159 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 160 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 162 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 163 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 165 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2708 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 166 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4799 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 167 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 39100 | 46600 | 0.1609 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 168 | Concordia University Texas | 39300 | 45800 | 0.1418 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 169 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 169 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 171 | Saint Anselm College | 39800 | 73700 | 0.4599 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 172 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 174 | Butler University | 41000 | 67900 | 0.3963 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 176 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4675 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 177 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 178 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 179 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 180 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 181 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 182 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 46400 | 56300 | 0.1759 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 183 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 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 Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54300 | 54300 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 191 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 76600 | 0.0783 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 191 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 193 | 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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