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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$12,589 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #17 most popular major in Colorado with 263 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Global Campus the best value school in Colorado for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Colorado. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $8,052 per year.

CU Anschutz also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #5.

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Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $13,366 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. CCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CCU are $14,626 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.

UCCS graduate students pay an average of $13,854 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 a year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 15
Idaho 2
Montana 1

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security 2,759
Security Science and Technology 1,875
Other Homeland Security 456
Fire Protection 172

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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