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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,366 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for criminal justice students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at North Dakota State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Dakota State University also did well on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNOMAHA are $16,374 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Capella University Report

#5

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 5 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of North Dakota Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 93
Minnesota 370
Iowa 36
Kansas 25
Nebraska 69
North Dakota 5

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 5 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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