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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,765 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,685 Avg Salary

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

With 948 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #21 most popular major in Maryland.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

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

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

#1

Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

Our analysis found Coppin State University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Maryland. Coppin is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Coppin undergraduate students pay an average of $6,809 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Coppin State University

#2

Wor-Wic Community College

Salisbury, MD

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Wor-Wic Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Maryland. Wor-Wic Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Salisbury.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wor-Wic Community College are $6,720 a year. On average, criminal justice graduates from Wor-Wic Community College take out $14,788 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 3,232
New York 8,093
New Jersey 2,955
District of Columbia 335
Delaware 280

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 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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