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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,437 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,685 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular subjects to study in Virginia. With 2,948 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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 Virginia

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Virginia Community College the best value school in Virginia for criminal justice and corrections students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Northern Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,565 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, criminal justice graduates from Northern Virginia Community College carry an average student debtload of $26,980.

Northern Virginia Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Virginia. Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach undergraduate students pay an average of $17,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, criminal justice graduates from Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach take out $16,010 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach

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
North Carolina 2,702
Florida 4,869
Tennessee 1,212
Kentucky 1,015
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 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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