2024 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in Arizona
3Colleges in Arizona
1,174Police Science Degrees Awarded
Ranked #74 in popularity, criminal justice & police science is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice & police science. Combined, these schools handed out 1,174 degrees in criminal justice & police science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Police Science School
The police science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice & Police Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for criminal justice & police science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice & Police Science in Arizona
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the police science degree levels they offer.
Grand Canyon University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice & police science. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were about 293 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year.
Rio Salado College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in criminal justice & police science. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public college located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. This college ranks 11th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 641 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Rio Salado College in the most recent year we have data available.
Cochise County Community College District is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in criminal justice & police science. Located in the small city of Sierra Vista, Cochise College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 56 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Cochise College in the most recent year we have data available.
Brookline College - Tucson is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice & police science. Located in the large city of Tucson, Brookline College - Tucson is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 16 criminal justice & police science students who graduated with this degree at Brookline College - Tucson 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).