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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arizona” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Arizona, there were 1,905 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 348 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree criminal justice students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in Arizona

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 200 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Arizona State University - Skysong

#2

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$17,096 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Arizona. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 148 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Criminal Justice at University of Phoenix - Arizona

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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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