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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
210 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 46,252 people earned their degree in criminal justice studies, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 4,565 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice studies 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 criminal justice studies 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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Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in California (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Long Beach, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

CSULB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSULB are $17,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CSULB Criminal Justice Studies Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Stanislaus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Stan State is a fairly large public school situated in Turlock, California. It awarded 3 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Stan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stan State are $18,540.

Full California State University - Stanislaus Criminal Justice Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - San Bernardino landed the #3 spot on the list. CSUSB is a fairly large school located in San Bernardino, California that handed out 9 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSUSB, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - San Bernardino are $17,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at CSUSB

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Sacramento. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. California State University - Sacramento is a large public school situated in Sacramento, California. It awarded 6 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Sac State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sac State are $18,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at California State University - Sacramento

#5

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice studies students in 2019-2020.

San Jose State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State are $18,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at San Jose State University

#1 in overall quality

The University of Arizona Global Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. The University of Arizona Global Campus is a private for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 153 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAGC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAGC are $14,664, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at UAGC

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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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