Master's · Miami, Florida
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Florida International University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,036
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,759
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,740
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.4 years (likely 5.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$150k (likely −$239k – −$46k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$58k (likely −$246k – $173k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$148,241
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$145,098
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$125,543
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$118,205
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$113,980
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$109,647
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$107,595
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$107,540
- Computer Systems Analysis (Master's)$106,494
- Law (Doctoral)$105,414
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$104,489
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$101,224
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Florida
- Florida State University$72,705
- University of South Florida$70,885
- Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale$64,691
- Saint Leo University$62,658
- Nova Southeastern University$61,713
- Lynn University$61,079
- University of Central Florida$60,329
- Florida Atlantic University$60,144
- South University-West Palm Beach$55,950
- South University-Tampa$55,950