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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 113,581 criminal justice and corrections students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,952 and had an average of $24,936 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 703 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,530 and $24,582 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice and corrections programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree criminal justice students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k) in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also made our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wazzu

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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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