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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$12,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, criminal justice and corrections was ranked 8th in South Carolina. In fact, 993 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Charleston Southern University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSU are $5,085 per year.

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#2

Columbia College

Columbia, SC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Columbia College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in South Carolina. Columbia College South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbia.

Columbia College South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $9,268 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Columbia College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in South Carolina. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofSC are $14,134 a year.

UofSC also took the #3 spot in our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#5

Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC

Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Claflin University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Claflin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Orangeburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Claflin are $12,035 a year.

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South University, Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

South University, Columbia graduate students pay an average of $16,320 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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
Kentucky 1,015
Louisiana 972
Arkansas 665
Alabama 1,413
Mississippi 581
West Virginia 1,320

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

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 6 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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