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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,999 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,685 Avg Salary

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

With 2,483 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #12 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminal justice majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our analysis found Lewis and Clark Community College to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Illinois. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Godfrey.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lewis and Clark Community College are $9,552 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, criminal justice graduates from Lewis and Clark Community College carry an average student debtload of $9,896.

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#2

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakton Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Des Plaines, Oakton Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Oakton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,446 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Oakton Community College Report

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,094
Ohio 2,805
Indiana 2,249
Wisconsin 1,134

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 averages are for the top 2 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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