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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$10,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #57 most popular major in Indiana with 103 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Indiana 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

Check out the criminal justice master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Indiana. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Trine are $10,350 per year.

Trine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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Out of the 5 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the # 2 spot on the list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $11,329 per year.

IU Bloomington also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #4.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IWU are $10,440 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $10,389 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

#5

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University Global. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $9,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Purdue University Global Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Illinois 182
Ohio 236
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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