2023 Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice in New Mexico

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

Across New Mexico, there were 33 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. To top this list, a school must have a successful criminal justice program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico criminal justice students.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice in New Mexico

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,582 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,447 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 29 ’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at CNM

2

Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesalands Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in New Mexico list. Mesalands Community College is a small school located in Tucumcari, New Mexico that handed out 4 ’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminal Justice at Mesalands Community College

3

Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, New Mexico

#15 overall quality in New Mexico

$40,512 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,563 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Fe Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. SFCC is a small public school situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It awarded 0 ’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Criminal Justice at Santa Fe Community College

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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.