2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Corrections in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Corrections Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Corrections is the 419th most popular major in the country with 3,984 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Arizona, there were 1,332 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great corrections programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the corrections program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Corrections Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Corrections Schools for an Associate in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Corrections Schools for an Associate in Arizona.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Corrections in Arizona

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,320 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. This fairly large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 12 associates’s corrections degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rio Salado College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $9,320 for Arizona Associate Degree Corrections students per year to attend Rio Salado College.

Read more about Corrections at Rio Salado College

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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