2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in Texas

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in criminal justice, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #190 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of criminal justice. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 doctor's degrees in criminal justice during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for criminal justice.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Criminal Justice in Texas

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for criminal justice students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Criminal Justice Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Texas State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in criminal justice. Texas State is a very large public university located in the small city of San Marcos. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in criminal justice in Texas. More information about a doctorate in criminal justice from Texas State University

2

Texas Southern University
Houston, TX

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Texas Southern University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in criminal justice. Located in the city of Houston, TSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in criminal justice in Texas. More information about a doctorate in criminal justice from Texas Southern University

 

Best Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Criminal Justice Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 13 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.