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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$19,273 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School for You

With 580 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #40 most popular major in New York.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New York to see which graduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our 2023 rankings named John Jay College of Criminal Justice the best value school in New York for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, John Jay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

John Jay graduate students pay an average of $11,532 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at John Jay take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $16,903.

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#2

Excelsior College

Albany, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Excelsior College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in New York. Excelsior College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

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#3

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

Out of the 4 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Iona College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iona are $23,242 a year.

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#4

LIU Post

Brookville, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means LIU Post is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. LIU Post is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at LIU Post are $23,044 per year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 181
Maryland 25
New Jersey 105
District of Columbia 38
Delaware 68

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

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

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 4 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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