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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$20,074 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,557 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree School for You

With 113,121 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Global Campus to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State University - Global Campus is a large public school located in the city of Greenwood Village.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCU are $14,626 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $18,226 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their master’s degree. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Northern Colorado helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

University of Northern Colorado graduate students pay an average of $22,379 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 a year.

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Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for criminal justice and corrections students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Boise State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

Explore the best criminal justice and corrections schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,464
Utah 590
Idaho 256
Montana 41
Wyoming 176

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Criminal Justice

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fire Protection 13,766
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • 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.

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