by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 3,201 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,347 and $28,717 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 268 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. To top this list, a school must have a successful criminal justice and corrections program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree criminal justice students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a large private for-profit school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 117 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and it awarded 40 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Colorado State University - Global Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 21 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 15 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Weber State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
Colorado Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. CCU 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.
Full Colorado Christian University Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
With a ranking of #7, University of Northern Colorado did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Northern Colorado
University of Denver landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Denver
Boise State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. Boise State is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 2 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Boise State University
University of Providence landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. University of Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Great Falls, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of Providence Criminal Justice & Corrections Report
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