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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
263 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master's in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across New York, there were 4,831 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 263 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 8 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice (Income $48-$75k) in New York

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. John Jay is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 131 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

John Jay also made our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at John Jay College of Criminal Justice are $20,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

#2

Monroe College

Bronx, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Monroe College is located in Bronx, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Monroe College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Monroe College are $17,170, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Monroe College

#3

Hilbert College

Hamburg, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hilbert College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Hilbert College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hamburg, New York. It awarded 15 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hilbert College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hilbert College are $18,145, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Hilbert College

#4

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, New York
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Thomas Aquinas College landed the #4 spot on the list. Sparkill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

STAC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at STAC are $18,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice at STAC

#5

Keuka College

Keuka Park, New York
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keuka College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Keuka Park, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

Keuka College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Keuka College are $20,897, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Keuka College Criminal Justice Report

#2 in overall quality

St John’s University - New York ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Queens, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at STJ, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at STJ are $30,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full STJ Criminal Justice Report

#7

LIU Post

Brookville, New York
#4 in overall quality

LIU Post ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Brookville, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

LIU Post did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at LIU Post

#8

Iona College

New Rochelle, New York
#3 in overall quality

Iona College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Iona College is located in New Rochelle, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iona, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iona are $22,216.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Iona College

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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