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2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Police Science Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting 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 Police Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 23,232 people earned their degree in criminal justice and police science, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 4,451 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice and police science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice and police science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice and police science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Police Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree police science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s police science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Baltimore are $21,614.

Full University of Baltimore Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#2

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Cal U is a medium-sized school located in California, Pennsylvania that handed out 27 masters’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California University of Pennsylvania are $18,508.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at California University of Pennsylvania

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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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