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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Plains States Region

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s criminal justice degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Walden University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Walden University

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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