2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 113,581 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Connecticut, there were 1,226 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,771 and $30,235 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 184 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice and corrections. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice and corrections programs, but they also 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.

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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 Master’s in Connecticut” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in Connecticut

#1

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,479 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 143 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610.

Full University of New Haven Criminal Justice & Corrections Report

#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$21,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #2 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus also took the #3 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus are $21,304, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Albertus Magnus College

#3

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$34,806 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 12 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

Sacred Heart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart are $34,806, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sacred Heart University

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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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