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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$22,345 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

With 580 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #40 most popular major in New York.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in New York 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

Top 10 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named John Jay College of Criminal Justice the best value school in New York for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, John Jay is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at John Jay are $11,532 per year.

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#2

Excelsior College

Albany, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Excelsior College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Excelsior College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

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#2

Buffalo State

Buffalo, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Buffalo State helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in New York. Located in the large city of Buffalo, Buffalo State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Buffalo State graduate students pay an average of $12,252 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Monroe College

Bronx, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Monroe College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in New York. Monroe College is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Monroe College are $17,524 per year.

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#5

Keuka College

Keuka Park, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Keuka College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in New York. Keuka College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Keuka Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Keuka College are $21,045 a year.

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#6

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Albany.

UAlbany graduate students pay an average of $13,535 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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St. Thomas Aquinas College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Sparkill, STAC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

STAC graduate students pay an average of $19,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

LIU Post

Brookville, NY

LIU Post did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. LIU Post is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville.

LIU Post graduate students pay an average of $23,044 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Hilbert College

Hamburg, NY

Hilbert College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Hilbert College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Hilbert College are $18,630 a year.

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#10

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

With a ranking of #10, Iona College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iona are $23,242 a year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 181
Maryland 25
New Jersey 105
District of Columbia 38
Delaware 68

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 13 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).

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