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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$5,347 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,685 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Criminal Justice & Corrections

#1

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best value school in Texas for criminal justice and corrections students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at El Centro College are $4,050 a year. Criminal Justice majors at El Centro College take out an average of $20,000 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

El Centro College also made our Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list, coming in at #2.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at El Centro College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McLennan Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. MCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Criminal Justice majors at MCC take out an average of $17,106 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#3

Blinn College

Brenham, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blinn College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Blinn College is a large public school located in the distant town of Brenham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Blinn College are $5,760 per year. On average, criminal justice graduates from Blinn College take out $13,140 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at El Paso Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at El Paso Community College are $3,274 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Austin Community College District are $8,580 a year. On average, criminal justice graduates from Austin Community College District take out $21,514 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Trinity Valley Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the town of Athens, TVCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TVCC are $4,920 per year.

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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 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 6 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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