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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,039 people earned their degree in corrections, making the major the 434th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 397 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 196 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 41 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in corrections. That schools that top this list have a program in corrections in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The corrections school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Visalia, California, and it awarded 18 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Corrections at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia
Out of the 41 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Solano Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Solano College is located in Fairfield, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 associates’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
Imperial Valley College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. IVC is a public institution located in Imperial, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
West Hills College-Lemoore ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Lemoore, California, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s corrections students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, West Hills College-Coalinga did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. West Hills College-Coalinga is a small school located in Coalinga, California that handed out 6 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.
Cabrillo College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Cabrillo College is located in Aptos, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
Carrington College, Sacramento landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Carrington College, Sacramento is a private for-profit institution located in Sacramento, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Corrections at Carrington College, Sacramento
Chemeketa Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Chemeketa Community College is located in Salem, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Corrections at Chemeketa Community College
With a ranking of #13, Chaffey College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Rancho Cucamonga, California, this fairly large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified associates’s corrections students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Reedley College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #14. Reedley College is a medium-sized public school situated in Reedley, California. It awarded 6 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, College of the Sequoias did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. College of the Sequoias is a fairly large public school situated in Visalia, California. It awarded 7 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwestern College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Southwestern College is located in Chula Vista, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
Merritt College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #17. Merritt College is a public institution located in Oakland, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Contra Costa College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in San Pablo, California, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s corrections students in 2020-2021.
Sierra College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #19. Sierra College is a fairly large public school situated in Rocklin, California. It awarded 10 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.
San Joaquin Delta College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Stockton, California, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s corrections students in 2020-2021.
Citrus College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Glendora, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s corrections degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Fresno City College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Fresno City College is located in Fresno, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
Great Basin College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This small school is located in Elko, Nevada, and it awarded 1 associates’s corrections degrees in 2020-2021.
Clackamas Community College ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Oregon City, Oregon, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s corrections students in 2020-2021.
Rio Hondo College came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
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