2027 Best Criminal Justice Schools in New Mexico
Criminal Justice is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice in New Mexico
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminal justice degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Criminal Justice
Leading the list is Central New Mexico Community College, our #1 school for criminal justice. Central New Mexico Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque. Central New Mexico Community College awarded about 25 criminal justice degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their criminal justice degree from Central New Mexico Community College earn around $35,865 in the first couple years of their career. Central New Mexico Community College graduates carry a median of $10,112 in student loans.
See the full criminal justice program report for Central New Mexico Community College
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
