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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$18,937 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Michigan 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 Michigan 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminal justice majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Our analysis found Ferris State University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Michigan. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.

Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 per year.

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

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

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $19,714 per year.

Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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#4

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Madonna are $16,380 a year.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent master’s degree programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Michigan. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a year.

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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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