2019 Most Affordable Master's in Criminal Justice Online
These 25 colleges and universities offer affordable online master's in criminal justice programs for less than $9,000 per year. Missouri State University, ranked #1, offers the lowest tuition for its Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Tuition for this program is $4,425 per year. The second most affordable school, Albany State University, offers an MS in Criminal Justice for only $4,500 per year. Classes cover topics such as corrections, ethics, and law enforcement, among others.
You can read more about our ranked schools below or browse our 2019 rankings of the most affordable online bachelor's in criminal justice degrees. View our methodology or learn more about SR Education Group.
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| Rank | College | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| #1 Missouri State University | $4,425 | |
| #2 Albany State University | $4,500 | |
| #3 University of North Alabama | $4,890 | |
| #4 Southeast Missouri State University | $5,208 | |
| #5 Valdosta State University | $5,274 | |
| #6 University of North Georgia | $5,454 | |
| #7 Marshall University | $5,486 | |
| #8 William Carey University | $5,550 | |
| #9 Auburn University at Montgomery | $6,105 | |
| #10 University of Central Missouri | $6,273 | |
| #11 American Public University System | $6,300 | |
| #12 University of the Cumberlands | $6,615 | |
| #13 Jacksonville State University | $7,640 | |
| #14 McNeese State University | $7,707 | |
| #15 University of North Texas | $8,100 | |
| #16 Lamar University | $8,250 | |
| #17 Wayland Baptist University | $8,370 | |
| #18 Fairmont State University | $8,406 | |
| #19 Midwestern State University | $8,460 | |
| #20 (tie) Charleston Southern University | $8,500 | |
| #20 (tie) University of Louisiana-Monroe | $8,500 | |
| #22 Concordia University - Saint Paul | $8,550 | |
| #23 University of Massachusetts-Lowell | $8,625 | |
| #24 Mercer University | $8,775 | |
| #25 Columbia College | $8,820 |
- Annual Tuition: $4,425
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,222
- Example Classes:
Applied Research in Criminal Justice; Capital Punishment; Crime Theory and Policy; Criminal Justice Policy; Criminal Profiles: Who Did It?; Institutional and Community-Based Corrections
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $4,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 447
- Example Classes:
American Corrections; Cultural Diversity in Communication; Drugs and Drug Abuse; Ethics; Law Enforcement Management & Planning; Law Enforcement Operations
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $4,890
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,079
- Example Classes:
Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice; Crime in America; Crime Scene Reconstruction; Criminal Evidence; Criminal Investigation; Criminological Theory
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,208
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,285
- Example Classes:
Civil Law and Liability; Comparative Criminal Justice Systems; Crime and Criminal Justice Policy; Death Penalty in America; Ethics in Criminal Justice; Police Operations
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,274
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,595
- Example Classes:
Advanced Crime Prevention; Advanced Research Methods for Criminal Justice; Classification of Criminal Behavior; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design; Ethical and Legal Issues; Issues in Cybercrime
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,454
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 515
- Example Classes:
Criminal Justice Policy; Global Crime and Justice; Homeland Security; Legal Liabilities of Criminal Justice; National Security Policy of the United States; Police and Society
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,486
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,032
- Example Classes:
Advanced Criminal Law and Procedure; Applied Ethics in Criminal Justice; CJ Response to Domestic Violence; Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Crime; Research Methods in Criminal Justice; Terrorism
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,550
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,811
- Example Classes:
Advanced Criminal Investigation; Civil Liberties; Community Corrections; Economics of Crime and Justice; Industrial Security; Juvenile Delinquency
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $6,105
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 605
- Example Classes:
Cold Case Investigations; Community Corrections; Comparative Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice Writing; Family Law; Security Administration
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $6,273
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,202
- Example Classes:
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems; Crime, Justice & Social Diversity; Criminal Justice Studies in Group Behavior; Criminal Law & Procedure; Dynamics of Criminal Behavior; Ethics in Criminal Justice
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $6,300
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and DEAC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 8,961
- Example Classes:
Corrections and Incarceration; Crime Analysis; Crime and the Family; Criminal Justice Administration; Criminal Justice Ethics; Criminal Law
- Annual Tuition: $6,615
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,611
- Example Classes:
Addiction and the Offender Population; Child Abuse Investigation; Criminological Theories in Justice Administration; Critical Issues in Homeland Security; Death Investigation; Deviance and Society
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,640
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 953
- Example Classes:
Applied Data Analysis for Criminal Justice; Comparative Criminal Justice; Contemporary Criminal Justice Issues; Correctional Counseling; Criminal Behavior and Personality; Criminological Theory
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $7,707
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 727
- Example Classes:
Contemporary Criminal Justice; Correctional Justice Administration; Court Justice Administration; Crime and Jurisdiction; Criminological Theory; Police and Policing
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,100
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,904
- Example Classes:
Correctional Practices and Programs; Cybercrime and Digital Forensics; Managing Campus Safety and Security; Punishment, Discipline and Social Policy; Seminar in Victimology; World Criminal Justice Systems
Online Master's Degrees (1)
#16
Lamar University
- Annual Tuition: $8,250
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 5,693
- Example Classes:
Constitutional Law; Correctional Administration; Crime and Criminals; Criminal Justice Leadership; Criminal Justice System and Policy; Homeland Security
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $8,370
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,289
- Example Classes:
American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties; Criminal Law/Civil Law: A Comparative Analysis; Crisis Communication and Leadership; Drug Trafficking; Ethics; Human Trafficking
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,406
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 245
- Example Classes:
Comparative Analysis of Criminal Justice Systems; Seminar in Criminal Justice Planning and Evaluation; Seminar in Offender Rehabilitation; Terrorism; Victimology; White Collar Crime
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,460
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 745
- Example Classes:
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Comparative and International Criminal Justice; Critical Analysis of Justice Administration; Family Systems and Substance Abuse; Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations; Global Terrorism
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 412
- Example Classes:
Criminal Justice Administration; Ethics; Legal Issues in Criminal Justice; Research Methods in Criminal Justice; Survey of Criminal Justice; Theories of Criminal Behavior
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $8,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,260
- Example Classes:
Advanced Research Methods in Criminal Justice; Advanced Theories of Crime and Delinquency; Juvenile Justice System; Minorities, Crime, and Criminal Justice; Proseminar in Criminal Justice; Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,550
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,842
- Example Classes:
Accessing Criminal Justice Resources; Administration of Criminal Justice; Applied Ethics in Criminal Justice Leadership; Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Leadership; Correctional Design; Legal and Legislative Issues
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,625
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NEASC CIHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,212
- Example Classes:
Administration of Justice; Criminal Profiling; Criminological Theory: Foundations; Crisis and Emergency Management; Forensic Psychology; Issues in Policing
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,775
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,909
- Example Classes:
Deviant Behavior: Crime, Conflict, and Interest Groups; History of Corrections and Jails; Leadership and Ethics in Public Safety; Nature of Crime and Justice in the 21st Century; Seminar on Terrorism; Special Topics in Public Safety
Online Master's Degrees (1)
#25
Columbia College
- Annual Tuition: $8,820
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 825
- Example Classes:
Corrections and Penology; Criminal Justice Policy Development and Evaluation; Crisis Intervention; Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice; Current Issues and Future Directions in Criminal Justice; Development of Standard Operating Procedure
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