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Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2 Colleges
$72,554 Avg Salary

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 25% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University

#2

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Tarleton State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best criminal justice and corrections schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the remote town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public school with a large student population.

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

Explore the most popular online criminal justice and corrections colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 7,644
Arizona 3,363
Oklahoma 655
New Mexico 571

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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 2 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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