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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$38,456 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,554 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 38 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #79 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree School

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found American University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 580
Pennsylvania 181
Maryland 25
New Jersey 105
Delaware 68

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 values are for the top school 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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