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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$15,199 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,461 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #74 most popular major in Michigan with 79 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. 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 Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Michigan to see which 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 Schools in Michigan

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

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI
$13,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for criminal justice and corrections students. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.

Ferris undergraduate students pay an average of $13,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Ferris not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Michigan list.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Ferris State University Report

$13,900 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Grand Valley State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Michigan. Located in the suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GVSU are $13,900 a year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Grand Valley State University

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
$15,966 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Michigan. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Michigan State are $15,966 per year.

Michigan State also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Michigan State University

#4

Madonna University

Livonia, MI
$24,900 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Madonna University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the small city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madonna are $24,900 per year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Madonna University

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI
$15,199 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wayne State are $15,199 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wayne State University Report

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 182
Ohio 236
Indiana 103
Wisconsin 43

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 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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