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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,685 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, criminal justice and corrections students earned 571 degrees and certificates from a New Mexico school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Check out the criminal justice undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for criminal justice and corrections students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $1,684 per year.

CNM also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #1.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Central New Mexico Community College Report

#2

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western New Mexico University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their undergraduate certificate. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western New Mexico University are $6,557 a year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Western New Mexico University

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 7,644
Arizona 3,363
Oklahoma 655

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

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 2 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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