2025 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in New Mexico
7Colleges in New Mexico
653Criminal Justice Degrees Awarded
$40,755Avg Early-Career Salary
Criminal Justice & Corrections is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #7 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 653 degrees in criminal justice & corrections to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Criminal Justice & Corrections School
Your choice of criminal justice & corrections school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice & Corrections School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Criminal Justice & Corrections Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Criminal Justice & Corrections in New Mexico
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the criminal justice degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in criminal justice & corrections. UNM is a very large public university located in the city of Albuquerque. A Best Colleges rank of #608 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.
There were about 92 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the criminal justice program earn an average of $38,370 in their early career salary.
Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice & corrections has to check out New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 11th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 162 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent data year. After graduation, criminal justice degree recipients generally make about $29,232 in their early careers.
Every student who is interested in criminal justice & corrections needs to check out New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Las Cruces. This university ranks 8th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 65 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Dona Ana in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the criminal justice program earn about $27,638 in the first couple years of working.
Central New Mexico Community College is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in criminal justice & corrections. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #631 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CNM is a great college overall.
There were about 96 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the criminal justice program state that they receive average early career earnings of $35,865.
Located in the remote town of Silver City, Western New Mexico University is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 43 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at Western New Mexico University in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the criminal justice program make an average of $32,386 for their early career.
Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 37 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at ENMU - Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the criminal justice program make an average of $31,599 in the first couple years of working.
New Mexico Highlands University is a small public university located in the remote town of Las Vegas. A Best Colleges rank of #1257 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means New Mexico Highlands University is a great university overall.
There were about 14 criminal justice & corrections students who graduated with this degree at New Mexico Highlands University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the criminal justice program report average early career wages of $21,630.
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).
Your choice of criminal justice & corrections school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Criminal Justice & Corrections School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
