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Sandy, Utah has 5 accredited schools offering crime analysis programs, with tuition ranging from $4,426 to $43,528 per year for indexed programs. Sandy has a population of about 92,840. In the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, the top-earning crime analysis-related role is Statistician at a median $87,930 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer crime analysis programs near Sandy, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Sandy city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Sandy. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Utah schools on the Utah crime analysis page.
Sandy is part of the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (BLS area code 41620). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Utah statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detective and Criminal Investigator | $81,660 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $80,932 |
| Forensic Science Technician | $71,780 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $71,140 |
| Statistician | $87,930 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $87,146 |
| Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officer | $80,970 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $80,248 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 100.9 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering crime analysis programs near Sandy. The closest is Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, UT (8.5 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Utah State University (80.8 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying crime analysis-related roles near Sandy are: Statistician ($87,930), Detective and Criminal Investigator ($81,660), Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officer ($80,970). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Utah statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Cottonwood Heights, UT is 3.5 miles from Sandy and has its own set of local crime analysis programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Sandy:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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