2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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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 Virginia, there were 3,269 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,712 and $29,846 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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 Doctorate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree criminal justice students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at George Mason University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (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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