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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$12,532 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #54 most popular major in Missouri with 93 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Missouri 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Missouri State University the best value school in Missouri for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southeast Missouri State University are $6,611 per year.

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Out of the 8 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Southern State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Joplin, Missouri Southern is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Missouri Southern are $6,300 a year.

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#3

Columbia College

Columbia, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Columbia College Missouri are $8,442 a year.

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Out of the 8 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCM is a large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

UCM graduate students pay an average of $9,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Central Missouri Report

#5

Missouri Baptist University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent master’s degree programs at Missouri Baptist University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Missouri. MBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MBU are $10,670 per year.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City 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 #6 on the list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMKC are $11,745 a year.

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#7

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

Webster University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Webster graduate students pay an average of $13,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

With a ranking of #8, Saint Louis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

SLU graduate students pay an average of $22,614 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

SLU also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 370
Iowa 36
Kansas 25
Nebraska 69
North Dakota 5

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 8 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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