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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$9,370 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #12 most popular major in West Virginia with 205 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. 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 West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in West Virginia 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 West Virginia

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

American Military University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at American Public University System

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairmont State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the town of Fairmont, Fairmont State is a public college with a small student population.

Fairmont State graduate students pay an average of $7,892 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

The excellent master’s degree programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in West Virginia. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marshall University are $8,882 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. WVSU is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Institute.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVSU are $9,161 per year.

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#5

Salem University

Salem, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salem University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the rural area of Salem, Salem is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salem are $13,864 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
Louisiana 201
Alabama 211
South Carolina 61
Mississippi 41
Arkansas 21

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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