2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Corrections is the 419th most popular major in the country with 3,984 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 340 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in corrections. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent corrections programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the corrections program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
Top 14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Corrections (Income $0-$30k)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lake Superior State University is a small school located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan that handed out 1 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.
Lake Superior State University also made our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Superior State University is $7,067 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 14 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.
Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,057 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s corrections students in 2019-2020.
Oakland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oakland is $7,490 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $11,125 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeast Missouri State University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $9,092 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s corrections degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Eastern also made our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $12,397 for Bachelor’s Degree Corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
With a ranking of #7, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s corrections students in 2019-2020.
Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,075 for Bachelor’s Degree Corrections students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Pitt.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Washburn University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Topeka, Kansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s corrections students in 2019-2020.
Washburn University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Washburn University is $11,054 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
With a ranking of #9, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 104 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,242 for Bachelor’s Degree Corrections students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.
Baker College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Owosso, Michigan, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s corrections students in 2019-2020.
Baker College also took the #13 spot in our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,376 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baker College.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Langston University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Langston, Oklahoma, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.
Langston University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Langston University is $11,152 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
University of the Southwest ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of the Southwest is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
USW also made our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $20,105 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend USW.
Tiffin University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tiffin, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Tiffin University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,793 for Bachelor’s Degree Corrections students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tiffin University.
Missouri Valley College landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Missouri Valley College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Missouri. It awarded 17 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri Valley College, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri Valley College is $18,150 for bachelor’s degree corrections students whose families make $0-$30k.
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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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