by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 32,891 people earned their degree in criminal justice, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 1,236 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 139 criminal justice graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in criminal justice.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree criminal justice students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M International University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas. This medium-sized school is located in Laredo, Texas, and it awarded 35 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas list. TSU is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 14 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice 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 33 masters’s criminal justice degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas. This small school is located in Killeen, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 24 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Texas State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas list. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 16 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
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The University of Texas of the Permian Basin came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Odessa, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminal justice students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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South University, Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #9. South University, Austin is a small school located in Round Rock, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.
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