If you plan on majoring in criminology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminology Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 138 degrees in criminology annually.
The criminology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminology 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Criminology Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the criminology degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Denver is a good choice for students interested in a degree in criminology. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #174 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 criminology students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the criminology program earn around $40,667 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student who is interested in criminology has to look into Regis University. Regis U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #470 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Regis U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Regis U in the most recent year we have data available. Those criminology students who get their degree from Regis University make $9,484 more than the standard criminology graduate.
Colorado State University - Pueblo is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in criminology. Located in the midsize city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 41 criminology students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State University - Pueblo in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in criminology has to check out Fort Lewis College. Located in the distant town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 28th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 11 criminology students who graduated with this degree at FLC 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 criminology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Criminology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Criminology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
