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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Kansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$17,524 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,952 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #72 most popular major in Kansas with 25 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kansas 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.

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 Schools in Kansas

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

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

Southwestern College

Winfield, KS
$34,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern College the best value school in Kansas for criminal justice and corrections students. SC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SC are $34,900 a year.

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$8,800 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wichita State University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students. WSU is a large public school located in the city of Wichita.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,800 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wichita State University

#3

Washburn University

Topeka, KS
$8,872 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Washburn University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Kansas. Washburn University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Topeka.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Washburn University are $8,872 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Washburn University Report

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
Missouri 93
Minnesota 370
Iowa 36
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 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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