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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Oregon

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,038 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,756 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #73 most popular major in Oregon.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Schools in Oregon ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Oregon to see which ones offered the best value programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminal justice majors pursuing a .

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminal Justice & Corrections

$9,807 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Portland State University the best value school in Oregon for criminal justice and corrections students. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland State University are $9,807 a year.

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$10,269 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Western Oregon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Oregon. Located in the fringe town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public college with a small student population.

Western Oregon State College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,269 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 353
Washington 53
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 7

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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