Master's · Boston, Massachusetts
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Northeastern University Professional Programs 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,596
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,119
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,340
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.8 years (likely 2.6–5.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $47k (likely −$76k – $183k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $418k (likely $145k – $743k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Northeastern University Professional Programs
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First professional)$191,083
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$169,234
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$163,708
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$158,542
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$148,490
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$145,909
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$143,345
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$136,474
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$127,428
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$125,862
- Biotechnology (Master's)$125,179
- Engineering, General (Master's)$119,842
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Massachusetts
- Curry College$136,583
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell$109,714
- Salem State University$107,339
- Northeastern University$93,210
- Boston University$79,216
- Bridgewater State University$75,101
- Westfield State University$68,852
- Merrimack College$62,816
- Suffolk University$58,335