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

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

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$48,557 Avg Salary

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

With 12 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #62 most popular major in New Mexico.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

Women make up 58% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of the Southwest helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in New Mexico. USW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hobbs.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 516
Oklahoma 28

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

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 2 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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