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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,590 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,065 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree School for You

With 477 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #23 most popular major in Oregon.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oregon to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for criminal justice students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminal justice majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our analysis found Portland Community College to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a associate degree in Oregon. Portland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland Community College are $4,810 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, criminal justice graduates from Portland Community College carry an average student debtload of $28,792.

Portland Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Oregon list.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Portland Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Oregon Community College is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their associate degree. COCC is a small public school located in the city of Bend.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at COCC are $6,111 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Central Oregon Community College Report

Out of the 3 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Chemeketa Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Chemeketa Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Salem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chemeketa Community College are $5,850 per year. Criminal Justice majors at Chemeketa Community College take out an average of $19,993 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 13,151
Washington 553
Nevada 684
Hawaii 173
Alaska 73

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fire Protection 13,766
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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