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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Maryland, there were 101 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminal justice program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The criminal justice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$21,614 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Baltimore is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 1 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

UB also made our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UB are $21,614, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice (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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