2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 53 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #62 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which master'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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Criminal Justice & Corrections

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
Oregon	32
Nevada	17
Hawaii	14
Alaska	7

Criminal Justice & Corrections Related Majors for Criminal Justice

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

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 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.