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

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$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 Most Popular 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 5 schools in Texas to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminal Justice & Corrections program at each school on the list.

Check out the criminal justice doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Texas.

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in criminal justice at SHSU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. TSU is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 33% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas Southern University Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 5 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

Of the 2 students majoring in criminal justice at Texas State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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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 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the distant town of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

Out of the 5 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges 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 5 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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