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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$30,752 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,347 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

In 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections students earned 120 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Rhode Island 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.

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 Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI
$44,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Salve Regina University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salve Regina are $44,200 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salve Regina is ranked #3 for overall quality for criminal justice in Rhode Island.

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$13,365 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

JWU Online undergraduate students pay an average of $13,365 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

RWU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

RWU also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #4.

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#4

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI
$10,702 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

RIC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,702 in in-state tuition and fees each 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
Connecticut 214
New Hampshire 270
Maine 14
Vermont 11

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 4 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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