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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

5 Colleges
$72,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree 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.

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The Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for criminal justice majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the most popular school in Texas for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

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

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

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Texas Southern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Houston, TSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in criminal justice at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#3

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Prairie View A & M University is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their doctor’s degree. PVAMU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Prairie View.

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#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Tarleton State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Tarleton State University Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 5 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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