2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Corrections in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great corrections programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the corrections program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Corrections in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USW, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Southwest are $22,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of the Southwest Corrections Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Corrections (With Aid)

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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