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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,542 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found San Diego State University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $19,074 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $24,009 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 13,151
Washington 553
Oregon 477
Nevada 684
Hawaii 173
Alaska 73

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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