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2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$26,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Criminal Justice is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 33,568 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 794 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 153 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminal justice program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 97 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#2

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Salem State is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Massachusetts that handed out 8 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salem State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Salem State University are $10,477.

Full Salem State University Criminal Justice Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston U Criminal Justice Report

#4

Curry College

Milton, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Curry College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Curry College is a small school located in Milton, Massachusetts that handed out 16 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Curry, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Curry College are $15,114.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Curry

#5

Anna Maria College

Paxton, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Anna Maria College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Paxton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 15 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anna Maria, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Anna Maria College are $10,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Anna Maria College

#6

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Merrimack College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

Merrimack also took the #3 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack are $31,296, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Merrimack

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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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