by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 113,121 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,465 and had an average of $25,425 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 1,985 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,265 and $32,100 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 250 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. That schools that top this list have a program in criminal justice and corrections in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree criminal justice students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this large private for-profit school handed out 117 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large school located in Greenwood Village, Colorado that handed out 40 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #3 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado. Colorado Christian University is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 24 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Northern Colorado ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 9 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Northern Colorado
With a ranking of #7, University of Denver did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Colorado list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 7 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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