2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Iowa (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,252 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 302 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 criminal justice studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Simpson College

Indianola, Iowa

$8,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Simpson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Indianola, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Simpson College also made our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Simpson College are $8,868, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$18,150 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Ambrose University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Davenport, Iowa, and it awarded 10 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Ambrose University are $18,150, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies (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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