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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 46,252 people earned their degree in criminal justice studies, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 15,736 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the criminal justice studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s criminal justice studies students in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Miss

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UA Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock also made our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA Little Rock are $14,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Criminal Justice Studies Report

#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 7 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State also made our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at Florida State

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. FIU is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 6 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full FIU Criminal Justice Studies Report

#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree criminal justice studies students list, NUS Florida has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at NUS Florida

#4 in overall quality

University of Central Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 1 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Florida Criminal Justice Studies Report

#7

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

Georgia State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree criminal justice studies students list, Georgia State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Georgia State Criminal Justice Studies Report

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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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