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Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Criminology Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, criminology was ranked #81 in the country. In fact 11,039 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Criminology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Criminology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Dallas the most popular school in the Southwest Region for criminology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in criminology at UT Dallas, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Criminology at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular criminology schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Of the 5 students majoring in criminology at ASU - Tempe, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Full Criminology at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Best Criminology Colleges by State

Explore the best criminology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 440
Arizona 295
Oklahoma 24
New Mexico 83

Criminology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Criminology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306

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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