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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$33,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,685 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region 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 the New England Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Central Maine Community College the best value school in the New England Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Auburn, Central Maine Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Maine Technical College are $6,744 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Central Maine Community College Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Boston U are $59,816 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

Beal College

Bangor, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Beal College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Beal College is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bangor.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Beal College

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,462
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 averages are for the top 3 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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