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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in New Mexico

3 Colleges
$31,476 Avg Salary
$24,998 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to see which programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the criminal justice programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New Mexico.

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the most popular school in New Mexico for criminal justice and corrections students. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

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#2

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western New Mexico University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the town of Silver City, Western New Mexico University is a public college with a small student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Western New Mexico University Report

Out of the 3 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the # 2 spot on the list. USW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hobbs.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of the Southwest

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

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 3 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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