2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Kentucky, there were 1,085 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$4,582 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Cumberlands. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of the Cumberlands is a fairly large school located in Williamsburg, Kentucky that handed out 43 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

Cumberlands not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cumberlands are $4,582, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cumberlands Criminal Justice Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Louisville Criminal Justice Report

#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Kentucky University are $14,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Eastern

#4

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, Kentucky

$8,773 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbellsville University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k list. Campbellsville University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Campbellsville, Kentucky. It awarded 1 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

Campbellsville University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Campbellsville University are $8,773.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Campbellsville University

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