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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$34,374 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,333 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #19 most popular major in Connecticut with 214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut to see which 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminal Justice & Corrections

$11,542 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central Connecticut State University the best value school in Connecticut for criminal justice and corrections students. CCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.

CCSU undergraduate students pay an average of $11,542 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT
$42,898 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Haven.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of New Haven are $42,898 per year.

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#3

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, CT
$36,442 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of New Haven, Albertus Magnus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Albertus Magnus are $36,442 a year.

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#4

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT
$45,230 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Sacred Heart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Sacred Heart are $45,230 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Sacred Heart is ranked #4 for overall quality for criminal justice in Connecticut.

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#5

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT
$35,760 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Connecticut list. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UBridgeport are $35,760 per year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 414
Rhode Island 120
New Hampshire 270
Maine 14
Vermont 11

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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