2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Criminal Justice & Police Science is the 74th most popular major in the country with 22,722 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Colorado, there were 455 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice and police science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice and police science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado associate degree police science students.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science in Colorado

1

Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs, Colorado

#19 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Mountain College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado Mountain College is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s police science degrees to qualified students.

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2

Morgan Community College
Fort Morgan, Colorado

#25 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Morgan, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s police science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

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3

Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, Colorado

#22 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Red Rocks Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Lakewood, Colorado. It awarded 4 associates’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Aims Community College
Greeley, Colorado

#15 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aims Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado list. Aims Community College is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s police science degrees to qualified students.

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5

Front Range Community College
Westminster, Colorado

#12 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Front Range Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado list. This fairly large school is located in Westminster, Colorado, and it awarded 1 associates’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

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6

Otero Junior College
La Junta, Colorado

#18 overall quality in Colorado

Otero Junior College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado ranking. This small school is located in La Junta, Colorado, and it awarded 15 associates’s police science degrees in 2020-2021.

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6

Pueblo Community College
Pueblo, Colorado

With a ranking of #6, Pueblo Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Police Science Major in Colorado list. Pueblo Community College is located in Pueblo, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 associates’s police science degrees to qualified students.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.