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Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Mexico Highlands University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Mexico Highlands University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what New Mexico Highlands University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,777. In 2021, 16 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from New Mexico Highlands University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at New Mexico Highlands University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at New Mexico Highlands University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
185
281
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 351
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 553
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 574
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 1,218

Earnings of New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at New Mexico Highlands University is $36,591. This is 7% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from New Mexico Highlands University. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

New Mexico Highlands University also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Accountants and Auditors 6,050 $66,370
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 4,310 $51,250
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,210 $36,250
Managers 2,850 $96,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 1,830 $41,460

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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