2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Corrections (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Corrections is the 419th most popular major in the country with 3,984 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,560 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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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The corrections school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Corrections (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #1 spot on the list. USW is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hobbs, New Mexico. It awarded 3 masters’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.

USW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Corrections at USW

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Corrections (Income $30-$48k)

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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