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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$9,191 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana with 201 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

#1

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

Our 2023 rankings named McNeese State University the best value school in Louisiana for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

McNeese graduate students pay an average of $8,413 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Grambling State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Louisiana. Located in the distant town of Grambling, GSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

GSU graduate students pay an average of $7,416 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ULM are $9,777 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UL Lafayette are $10,130 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern University and A & M College are $10,658 a year.

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Southern University at New Orleans ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. SUNO is a small public school located in the city of New Orleans.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNO are $8,750 per year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 632
Florida 631
Georgia 131
North Carolina 82
Tennessee 109
Kentucky 170
Alabama 211
South Carolina 61
Mississippi 41
Arkansas 21
West Virginia 205

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 6 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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