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2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New Mexico

5 Colleges
335 Bachelor's Degrees
$21,567 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New MexicoIn <nil>, criminal justice & corrections students earned 335 bachelor's degrees from a New Mexico school, making the subject the 6th in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.7% of all the criminal justice bachelor's degrees in the country.

This year's Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New Mexico ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice & corrections programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the criminal justice & corrections program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying criminal justice.

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's criminal justice & corrections ranking for non-traditional students. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in New Mexico ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.9%. Approximately 7,734 students take at least one class online at NMSU Main Campus. 3,478 students are part time.

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New Mexico Highlands University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public school with a small student population. New Mexico Highlands University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in New Mexico list.

The student loan default rate at New Mexico Highlands University is lower than is typical, just 3.5% of students default in three years. 1,449 students at New Mexico Highlands University are exclusively online. 1,042 of New Mexico Highlands University students are attending part time.

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Western New Mexico University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Silver City, Western New Mexico University is a public college with a small student population. Western New Mexico University also made our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in New Mexico list, coming in at #3.

About 4.5% of Western New Mexico University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,516 of Western New Mexico University students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,621 of the students at Western New Mexico University are attending part time.

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in New Mexico list.

About 3.0% of ENMU - Main Campus students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,997 of ENMU - Main Campus students are exclusively distance learners. About 2,621 of the students at ENMU - Main Campus are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of New Mexico - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a very large student population. UNM also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in New Mexico rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.6%. There are approximately 8,254 students at UNM that take at least one class online. 7,459 of UNM students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 4,865
Arizona 1,914
Oklahoma 421

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