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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
170 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Criminal Justice is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 33,568 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 9,135 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 170 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 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.

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 program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree criminal justice students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#2

University of San Diego

San Diego, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #2 spot on the list. San Diego, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 126 students in 2019-2020.

USD also made our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Diego are $28,410.

Read more about Criminal Justice at University of San Diego

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Chaminade University of Honolulu also made our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chaminade University of Honolulu are $24,720, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Chaminade University of Honolulu

#4

National University

La Jolla, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. National University is a fairly large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 26 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at National University are $15,480, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at National University

#5

University of Antelope Valley

Lancaster, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Antelope Valley landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lancaster, California, and it awarded 1 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAV, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at University of Antelope Valley

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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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