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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,004 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,977 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

With 516 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #19 most popular major in Arizona.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Arizona

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

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminal Justice & Corrections

$10,818 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for criminal justice and corrections students. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $10,818 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #1 spot in our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Arizona rankings.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Arizona State University - Skysong

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ
$17,189 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year.

Grand Canyon University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Arizona list.

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$9,552 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Arizona. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UOPX - Arizona are $9,552 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Oklahoma 28
New Mexico 12

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 3 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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