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Cedar City, Utah has 1 accredited school offering criminal justice administration programs, with tuition ranging from $6,306 to $18,246 per year for indexed programs. Cedar City has a population of about 37,202. Median household income is $63,789 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 34.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In Utah, the top-earning criminal justice administration-related role is First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives at a median $110,500 annually (BLS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer criminal justice administration programs near Cedar City, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Cedar City 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 Cedar City. 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 criminal justice administration page.
| Occupation | Median Annual Wage (Utah, statewide) |
|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives | $110,500 |
| First-Line Supervisor of Correctional Officers | $110,410 |
| General and Operations Manager | $97,850 |
| Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officer | $77,310 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 37,202 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $63,789 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 34.1% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
Our directory has 1 accredited schools offering criminal justice administration programs near Cedar City. The closest is Utah Tech University in Saint George, UT (47.7 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Utah Tech University (47.7 miles). 1 of the highlighted schools is flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS May 2025 state wage data, the top-paying criminal justice administration-related roles in Utah are: First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives ($110,500), First-Line Supervisor of Correctional Officers ($110,410), General and Operations Manager ($97,850). Wages for Cedar City workers will track these statewide medians, adjusted for local cost of living.
Washington, UT is 43.8 miles from Cedar City and has its own set of local criminal justice administration programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Cedar City’s median household income of $63,789 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Cedar City while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Utah public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Cedar City:
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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