2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking.

Criminal Justice is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 33,568 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,438 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The criminal justice 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 “Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree criminal justice students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.

Texas State also made our “Best Criminal Justice Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas State University Criminal Justice Report

#2

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$13,221 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. TSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s criminal justice degrees in 2019-2020.

TSU also made our “Best Criminal Justice Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Southern University are $13,221, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full TSU Criminal Justice Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice

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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