2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 113,581 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections is the 6th most popular major in the United States. 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 Arkansas, there were 1,220 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,673 and $24,451 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k) in Arkansas

#1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 2 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas State University - Main Campus are $11,586, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $75-$110k list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 9 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA Little Rock are $14,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Criminal Justice & Corrections Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k)

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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