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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$29,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, criminal justice and corrections was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 7,783 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our analysis found University of Cincinnati - Main Campus to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Indiana University - Bloomington

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 15% of our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Michigan State University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Illinois 182
Ohio 236
Indiana 103
Wisconsin 43

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security 2,759
Security Science and Technology 1,875
Other Homeland Security 456
Fire Protection 172

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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