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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 46,814 people earned their degree in criminal justice studies, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 5,934 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,643 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 35 colleges that offered a degree in criminal justice studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree criminal justice studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jarvis Christian College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Hawkins, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Full Jarvis Christian College Criminal Justice Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 851 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sul Ross State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Alpine, Texas, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas at Dallas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. University of North Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at University of North Texas at Dallas
Out of the 35 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Texarkana landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Texarkana, Texas, this small public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Texas A&M Texarkana
Prairie View A & M University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Located in Prairie View, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 110 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Prairie View A & M University Criminal Justice Studies Report
University of Houston - Downtown ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. UH Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 208 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Tarleton State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 173 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
Full Tarleton State University Criminal Justice Studies Report
University of Houston - Victoria landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. This small school is located in Victoria, Texas, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 256 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 324 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Criminal Justice Studies Report
Our Lady of the Lake University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. Our Lady of the Lake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Our Lady of the Lake University
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 116 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Texas State University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 300 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
Texas Wesleyan University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. Texas Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas Wesleyan University Criminal Justice Studies Report
University of North Texas landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to 273 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #17. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 69 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
MSU Texas came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. MSU Texas is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to qualified students.
Angelo State University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in San Angelo, Texas, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at Angelo State University
With a ranking of #20, Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Texas A&M Kingsville
Saint Edward’s University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at St. Edward’s University
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized public school situated in Odessa, Texas. It awarded 23 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Texas Christian University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s criminal justice studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Texas Christian University
With a ranking of #24, Lamar University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas list. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 84 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at Lamar University
West Texas A&M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #25. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 38 bachelors’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full West Texas A&M University Criminal Justice Studies Report
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