2025 Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Arizona
8Colleges in Arizona
563Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in criminal justice studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice studies. Combined, these schools handed out 563 degrees in criminal justice studies to qualified students.
The criminal justice studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice Studies Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies in Arizona
The schools below may not offer all types of criminal justice studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Rio Salado College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. Rio Salado College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. This college ranks 19th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 17 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Rio Salado College in the most recent data year.
Glendale Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Glendale Community College is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Glendale. This college ranks 15th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 52 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Glendale Community College in the most recent data year.
Grand Canyon University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in criminal justice studies. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #144 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 142 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year we have data available.
Yavapai College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminal justice studies. Located in the small city of Prescott, Yavapai College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 22nd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 16 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Yavapai College in the most recent data year.
Phoenix College is a large public college located in the city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #748 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Phoenix College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 44 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Phoenix College in the most recent year we have data available.
Mesa Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Mesa. A Best Colleges rank of #643 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mesa Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 38 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Mesa Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Phoenix, Paradise Valley Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 11 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Paradise Valley Community College in the most recent data year.
Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #612 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Pima County Community College District is a great college overall.
There were about 9 criminal justice studies students who graduated with this degree at Pima County Community College District in the most recent data year.
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).
The criminal justice studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminal Justice Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
