2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in Arizona

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Arizona for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 32,891 people earned their degree in criminal justice, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States.

Across Arizona, there were 1,881 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 348 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Arizona for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in criminal justice.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Arizona for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Arizona for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree criminal justice students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in Arizona

1

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Tempe, Arizona

#1 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 185 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at University of Phoenix - Arizona

2

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, Arizona

#7 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in Arizona for a Master’s list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 163 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Arizona State University - Skysong

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice

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.