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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in New York

8 Ranked Colleges
263 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master's in New York

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across New York, there were 4,831 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 263 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice 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 program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in New York

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, John Jay College of Criminal Justice landed the #1 spot on the list. John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 131 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree criminal justice students list, John Jay has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at John Jay are $20,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full John Jay Criminal Justice Report

#2

Monroe College

Bronx, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bronx, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Monroe College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Monroe College are $17,170, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Monroe College

#3

Hilbert College

Hamburg, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hilbert College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Located in Hamburg, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hilbert College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hilbert College are $18,145.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Hilbert College

#4

Iona College

New Rochelle, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iona College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Iona College is a small school located in New Rochelle, New York that handed out 18 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree criminal justice students list, Iona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iona are $22,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Iona

#5

LIU Post

Brookville, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Located in Brookville, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

LIU Post not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479.

Read more about Criminal Justice at LIU Post

#6

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, New York
#7 in overall quality

St. Thomas Aquinas College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking, coming in at #6. St. Thomas Aquinas College is located in Sparkill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

STAC also took the #7 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at STAC are $18,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at STAC

#7

Keuka College

Keuka Park, New York
#8 in overall quality

Keuka College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking. Keuka College is located in Keuka Park, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keuka College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Keuka College are $20,897, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Keuka College

#2 in overall quality

St John’s University - New York landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking. Located in Queens, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 35 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree criminal justice students list, STJ has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St John’s University - New York are $30,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full St John’s University - New York Criminal Justice 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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