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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$18,930 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Salve Regina University the best value school in the New England Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Salve Regina are $11,730 a year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, criminal justice majors at Salve Regina accumulate an average of around $21,761 in student debt.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Salve Regina University Report

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of New Haven are $18,070 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of New Haven Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,462
Connecticut 1,260
New Hampshire 1,478
Maine 247
Rhode Island 494
Vermont 207

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 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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