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2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$14,881 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate School for You

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 7,644 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for criminal justice students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for criminal justice majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates 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 graduate certificate in Texas. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $8,666 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UH Downtown is a large public school located in the large city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Downtown are $9,529 per year.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Houston - Downtown Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $9,060 per year.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas State University

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas Christian University is a great value for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

TCU graduate students pay an average of $32,268 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, TCU is ranked #4 for overall quality for criminal justice in Texas.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas Christian University Report

Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,363
Oklahoma 655
New Mexico 571

Criminal Justice & Corrections is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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