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2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$33,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,455 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, criminology was ranked #142 in the country. In fact 936 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Criminology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for criminology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Criminology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the criminology programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Criminology

#1

Regis University

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named Regis University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for criminology students. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Regis U undergraduate students pay an average of $39,610 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

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Best Criminology Colleges by State

Explore the best criminology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 44
Utah 43

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Criminology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Criminology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

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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