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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas

26 Colleges
$34,832 Avg Salary
$26,268 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections 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.

The Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 26 schools in Texas to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Texas.

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the most popular school in Texas for criminal justice and corrections students. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a large student population.

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Out of the 26 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas list. Located in the town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 26 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M International University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Laredo, Texas A&M International University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular criminal justice and corrections programs. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for criminal justice and corrections students. It came in at #7 on the list. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

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#8

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas ranking. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools in Texas ranking. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 26 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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