2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 33,568 people earned their degree in criminal justice, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 6,826 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice 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 Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree criminal justice students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 3 doctorate’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.

Full GMU Criminal Justice Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at UofL

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice (Income $0-$30k)

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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