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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,320 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #12 most popular major in Kentucky with 1,015 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminal justice majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of the Cumberlands the best value school in Kentucky for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Cumberlands graduate students pay an average of $4,582 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of the Cumberlands

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Kentucky. UofL is a very large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $13,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofL also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #5.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Louisville Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern are $10,200 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Eastern Kentucky University Report

#4

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, KY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Campbellsville University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Kentucky. Located in the distant town of Campbellsville, Campbellsville University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Campbellsville University are $8,773 per year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Campbellsville University

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,158
Virginia 2,948
North Carolina 2,702
Florida 4,869
Tennessee 1,212
South Carolina 993
Louisiana 972
Arkansas 665
Alabama 1,413
Mississippi 581
West Virginia 1,320

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 4 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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