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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

10 Colleges
$40,347 Avg Salary
$28,717 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, criminal justice and corrections was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 7,783 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

Our analysis found Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Global Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenwood Village.

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The excellent programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Weber State University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Colorado Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Northern Colorado ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

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Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students. It came in at #9 on the list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boise.

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#10

University of Providence

Great Falls, MT

University of Providence came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Great Falls.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 263
Utah 15
Idaho 2
Montana 1

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 10 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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