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

6 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master's in Michigan 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 Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 113,581 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Michigan, there were 2,392 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,611 and $23,473 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice and corrections. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice and corrections programs and cost less that 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 and corrections 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 Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k) in Michigan

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a medium-sized public school situated in Dearborn, Michigan. It awarded 11 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at UM Dearborn

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Ferris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ferris State University are $7,908, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ferris Criminal Justice & Corrections Report

#3

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Allendale, Michigan, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

GVSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Valley State University are $17,448.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Grand Valley State University

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 17 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wayne State University

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report

#6

Adrian College

Adrian, Michigan

Adrian College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Adrian is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Adrian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Adrian are $19,575.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Adrian College

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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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