2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in North Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 113,581 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,952 and had an average of $24,936 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 280 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,571 and $17,056 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,500 and $84,163 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice and corrections 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 and corrections program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in North Dakota

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s criminal justice students in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Dakota are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Dakota Criminal Justice & Corrections 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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