2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Criminal Justice is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 33,568 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 809 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the criminal justice program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$9,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State University - Global Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Colorado State University - Global Campus

#2

Colorado Christian University

Lakewood, Colorado

#4 in overall quality

$14,626 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. CCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakewood, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado Christian University are $14,626, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at CCU

#3

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 10 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Criminal Justice Report

#4

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CU Anschutz Criminal Justice Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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