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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
207 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 33,568 people earned their degree in criminal justice, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,698 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 207 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree criminal justice students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Christian College of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Central Christian College is located in McPherson, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

Central Christian College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Christian College of Kansas is $14,386 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Criminal Justice students with aid.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

Park University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Park University is $15,579 for plains states region associate degree criminal justice students with aid.

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#3

Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washburn University is a public institution located in Topeka, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Washburn University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Washburn University is $14,481 for plains states region associate degree criminal justice students with aid.

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#4

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grantham University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Lenexa, Kansas, and it awarded 102 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree criminal justice students with aid list, Grantham University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,409 for plains states region associate degree criminal justice students with aid per year to attend Grantham University.

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#5

Columbia College

Columbia, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the #5 spot on the list. Columbia College Missouri is a medium-sized school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 49 associates’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia College Missouri also made our “Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia College Missouri is $26,730 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Criminal Justice students with aid.

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#6 in overall quality

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

Drury University - CCPS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Criminal Justice Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $13,233 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Criminal Justice students with aid per year to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies.

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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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