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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$15,210 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 Massachusetts. With 2,462 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Massachusetts ranking.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Lowell to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $15,210 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Massachusetts - Lowell Report

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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 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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