2022 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in New Mexico

Criminal Justice is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #19 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 32 associate degrees in criminal justice to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Criminal Justice School for Your Associate Degree

The criminal justice associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in New Mexico ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of criminal justice students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for criminal justice.

 

Most Popular Schools for Associate Students to Study Criminal Justice in New Mexico

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in criminal justice.

Most Well Attended Schools for Criminal Justice Students Working on Their Associate

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM

31 Annual Associate Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NM

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in criminal justice has to take a look at Central New Mexico Community College. CNM is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Albuquerque. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for associate degrees in criminal justice in New Mexico.

There were about 31 criminal justice individuals who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a associate in criminal justice from Central New Mexico Community College

2

Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari, NM

1 Annual Associate Degrees

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in criminal justice has to check out Mesalands Community College. Mesalands Community College is a small public college located in the town of Tucumcari.

There were about 1 criminal justice students who graduated with this degree at Mesalands Community College in the most recent data year.

More information about a associate in criminal justice from Mesalands Community College

3

Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in criminal justice has to look into Santa Fe Community College. SFCC is a small public college located in the small suburb of Santa Fe. More information about a associate in criminal justice from Santa Fe Community College

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	405	228
Arizona	342	87
Oklahoma	230	63

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 13 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	117
Criminal Justice & Police Science	38
Corrections	20

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.