2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Corrections & Criminal Justice is the 209th most popular major in the country with 3,360 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 507 other corrections and criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 other corrections and criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other corrections and criminal justice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other corrections and criminal justice programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other corrections and criminal justice program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s other corrections and criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Corrections & Criminal Justice at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$11,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s other corrections and criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

William Carey University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at William Carey University are $11,400.

Read full report on Other Corrections & Criminal Justice at William Carey University

#3

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia

$22,994 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Virginia State is a small public school situated in Petersburg, Virginia. It awarded 4 masters’s other corrections and criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia State University are $22,994, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia State Other Corrections & Criminal Justice Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Corrections & Criminal Justice (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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