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2023 Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

6 Colleges
$65,234 Avg Salary
$18,395 Avg Student Debt

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.

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The Most Popular 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 6 schools in Texas to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our analysis found University of Houston - Downtown to be the most popular school for criminal justice and corrections students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Of the 21 students majoring in criminal justice at UH Downtown, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

Women make up 18% of the criminal justice majors at the school.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The in-demand graduate certificate 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 city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

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

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas State University Report

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminal justice and corrections schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Angelo 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. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great place for criminal justice and corrections students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of North Texas Report

Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

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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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