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by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 109,996 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , criminal justice & corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $35,614 and had an average of $22,981 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 3,519 criminal justice & corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,886 and $23,002 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 256 criminal justice & corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice & corrections. That schools that top this list have a program in criminal justice & corrections in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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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 State University - Global Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Aurora, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminal justice degrees to 40 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Colorado State University - Global Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. UCCS is a public institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Lakewood, Colorado, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 21 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Northern Colorado landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 7 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Northern Colorado
University of Providence did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Great Falls, Montana, and it awarded 1 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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
Weber State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #8. WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Denver did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Boise State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 8 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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