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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

4 Colleges
$72,554 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #31 most popular major in Texas with 593 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Texas to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for criminal justice majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best school in Texas for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

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#3

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prairie View A & M University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the distant town of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. TSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 516
Oklahoma 28
New Mexico 12

One of 4 majors within the area of study, criminal justice and corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security 2,759
Security Science and Technology 1,875
Other Homeland Security 456
Fire Protection 172

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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