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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 13,151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking.

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.

Check out the criminal justice graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School

#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 California. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SDSU are $9,570 a year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Diego State University Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 553
Oregon 477
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 values are for the top school 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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