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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

In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. 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 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.

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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 value criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southwest Region . Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

Texas State graduate students pay an average of $17,220 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at PVAMU are $17,378 a year.

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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 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.

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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 7,644
Arizona 3,363
Oklahoma 655
New Mexico 571

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fire Protection 13,766
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

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).

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