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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Florida

8 Ranked Colleges
495 Degrees Awarded
$22,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master's in Florida

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,252 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Florida, there were 3,507 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 495 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice studies programs and 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 Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Florida

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 88 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.

UCF also took the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at University of Central Florida

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to 89 students in 2019-2020.

Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Florida State University Criminal Justice Studies Report

#3

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Leo University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Leo, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to 190 students in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Leo University are $14,568, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Saint Leo University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of West Florida landed the #5 spot on the list. UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.

UWF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWF are $24,894, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at UWF

#6

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida
#8 in overall quality

University of North Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida ranking, coming in at #6. UNF is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 26 masters’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNF, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNF are $21,930, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, Florida
#6 in overall quality

St. Thomas University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Miami Gardens, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice studies students in 2019-2020.

STU also made our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Thomas University are $14,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at St. Thomas University

#8

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Nova Southeastern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida ranking. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice studies degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242.

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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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