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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,799 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,065 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 665 degrees and certificates were awarded to criminal justice and corrections students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arkansas 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Check out the criminal justice associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas - Fort Smith the best value school in Arkansas for criminal justice and corrections students working on their associate degree. UAFS is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fort Smith.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAFS are $5,754 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Report

The excellent associate degree programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Arkansas. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA Little Rock are $9,512 a year.

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#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arkansas Tech University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ATU are $7,900 a year. The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at ATU take out while working on their Associate Degree is $23,686.

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Out of the 4 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Monticello, UAM is a public school with a small student population.

UAM undergraduate students pay an average of $8,029 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,158
Virginia 2,948
North Carolina 2,702
Florida 4,869
Tennessee 1,212
Kentucky 1,015
South Carolina 993
Louisiana 972
Alabama 1,413
Mississippi 581
West Virginia 1,320

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

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

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 4 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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