2024 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in Colorado
4Colleges in Colorado
455Police Science Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #74 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice & police science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 455 degrees in criminal justice & police science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Police Science School
Your choice of criminal justice & police science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Criminal Justice & Police Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Criminal Justice & Police Science Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice & Police Science in Colorado
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the police science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Colorado Mesa University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice & police science. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 28th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 48 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in criminal justice & police science has to check out Red Rocks Community College. Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood. A Best Colleges rank of #1155 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Red Rocks Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 158 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Red Rocks Community College in the most recent data year.
Colorado Mountain College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice & police science. Colorado Mountain College is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of Glenwood Springs. This college ranks 21st out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 48 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mountain College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Aims Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in criminal justice & police science. Aims Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized city of Greeley. A Best Colleges rank of #850 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Aims Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 14 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Aims Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).