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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$15,398 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

With 181 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #65 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Pennsylvania 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Pennsylvania

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

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

Our analysis found West Chester University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCUPA are $11,898 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Chester University of Pennsylvania Report

#2

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Delaware Valley University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Doylestown, DelVal is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DelVal are $9,282 per year.

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#3

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Marywood University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

Marywood graduate students pay an average of $11,438 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ship are $11,970 per year.

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#5

Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holy Family University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Holy Family graduate students pay an average of $12,181 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California University of Pennsylvania landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal U are $12,919 a year.

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#7

Waynesburg University

Waynesburg, PA

With a ranking of #7, Waynesburg University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Waynesburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Waynesburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Waynesburg are $16,440 per year.

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#8

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $18,278 per year.

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#9

DeSales University

Center Valley, PA

DeSales University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the rural area of Center Valley, DeSales is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DeSales are $21,120 per year.

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#10

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

Point Park University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Point Park are $17,838 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Point Park University Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 580
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.

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 14 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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