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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,911 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,065 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #14 most popular major in Kansas with 586 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Kansas 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Hutchinson Community College the best value school in Kansas for criminal justice and corrections students working on their associate degree. Hutchinson Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Hutchinson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hutchinson Community College are $3,540 a year.

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#2

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grantham University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list. Grantham University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Lenexa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Grantham University are $8,280 a year. Criminal Justice majors at Grantham University take out an average of $28,407 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#3

Washburn University

Topeka, KS

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washburn University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Washburn University are $8,872 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Kansas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Kansas are $13,639 per year. The average amount in student loans that criminal justice majors at Rasmussen University - Kansas take out while working on their Associate Degree is $26,807.

Rasmussen University - Kansas not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list.

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Out of the 5 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Christian College of Kansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Central Christian College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of McPherson.

Central Christian College undergraduate students pay an average of $20,225 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Central Christian College is ranked #2 for overall quality for criminal justice in Kansas.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Central Christian College of Kansas

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,273
Minnesota 1,525
Iowa 627
Nebraska 608
North Dakota 225
South Dakota 154

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 5 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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