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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

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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.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Colorado to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminal Justice & Corrections program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs the most popular school in Colorado for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 72% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 28% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in the large city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Colorado. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 67% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 21 students majoring in criminal justice at UCCS, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Out of the 7 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Christian University landed the # 5 spot on the list. CCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.

About 80% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 20% are male.

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University of Northern Colorado came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Denver

Denver, CO

With a ranking of #7, University of Denver did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

About 43% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 57% are male.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 7 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).

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