2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree School for You
Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #36 most popular major in the country with 7,783 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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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 the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 81 schools in the Southeast Region 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.
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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 15% Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Charleston Southern University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. CSU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Charleston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSU are $5,085 a year.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Charleston Southern University
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of the Cumberlands helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 a year.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of the Cumberlands
Out of the 81 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 4 spot on the list. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
Guilford College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Greensboro, Guilford is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Guilford are $5,400 a year.
With a ranking of #7, Columbia 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 city of Columbia, Columbia College South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Columbia College South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $9,268 in tuition and fees each year.
Mississippi 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.
Anderson University South Carolina ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Anderson.
Anderson University South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $11,643 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Anderson University South Carolina
With a ranking of #9, Averett University 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 distant town of Danville, AU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
AU graduate students pay an average of $11,940 in tuition and fees each year.
Columbus State University 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 #11 on the list. Located in the city of Columbus, CSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSU are $13,264 per year.
Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Columbus State University Report
Bethel University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the town of McKenzie, Bethel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel are $11,723 per year.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Bethel University
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great value schools for Criminal Justice & Corrections graduate students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Faulkner University | Montgomery, AL |
| 14 | William Carey University | Hattiesburg, MS |
| 15 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS |
| 16 | University of North Georgia | Dahlonega, GA |
| 16 | Lynn University | Boca Raton, FL |
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State
Explore the best criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 632 |
| Florida | 631 |
| Georgia | 131 |
| North Carolina | 82 |
| Tennessee | 109 |
| Kentucky | 170 |
| Louisiana | 201 |
| Alabama | 211 |
| South Carolina | 61 |
| Mississippi | 41 |
| Arkansas | 21 |
| West Virginia | 205 |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections Related Majors for Criminal Justice
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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 25 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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