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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$19,224 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #36 most popular major in the country with 7,783 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #2 spot in our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Houston - Downtown helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UH Downtown graduate students pay an average of $15,991 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Sam Houston 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 Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

TCU graduate students pay an average of $32,268 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, TCU is ranked #5 for overall quality for criminal justice in the Southwest Region .

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas Christian University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 516
Oklahoma 28
New Mexico 12

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 6 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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