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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
561 Degrees Awarded
$11,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 23,232 people earned their degree in criminal justice and police science, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,455 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 561 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and police science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great criminal justice and police science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice and police science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 190 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M International University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M International University is $2,298 for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Texas A&M International University

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,292 for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas State.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Texas State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Alva, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2019-2020.

NWOSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,767 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Full Northwestern Oklahoma State University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SFASU is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $10,816 for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Stephen F Austin State University

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 247 degrees to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,704 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Grand Canyon University

#6

Wiley College

Marshall, Texas
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Wiley College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wiley College is a small school located in Marshall, Texas that handed out 19 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wiley College also made our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Wiley College is $17,314 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Wiley College

#7

South University, Austin

Round Rock, Texas
#7 in overall quality

South University, Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. South University, Austin is located in Round Rock, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $30-$48k list, South University, Austin has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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