2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #12 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 160 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on criminal justice studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of criminal justice studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminal justice studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Criminal Justice Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice Studies in Utah

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies.

Top Utah Schools for a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice Studies

1

Weber State University
Ogden, UT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

101 Annual Graduates

Weber State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Weber State University

2

Dixie State University
Saint George, UT

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

53 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies has to take a look at Dixie State University. Dixie State College is a large public university located in the midsize city of Saint George.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Dixie State University

Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	316	765
Idaho	312	127
Montana	212	12
Wyoming	95	103

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice Studies

Criminal Justice Studies is one of 21 different types of Criminal Justice & Corrections programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice	85
Criminal Justice & Police Science	65

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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.