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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$16,524 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,554 Avg Salary

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

Criminal Justice & Corrections is the #36 most popular major in the country with 7,783 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for criminal justice students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

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#3

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prairie View A & M University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

PVAMU graduate students pay an average of $17,378 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Prairie View A & M University

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TSU are $15,488 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas Southern University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
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.

  • 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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