2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 113,121 criminal justice and corrections students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, criminal justice and corrections graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,465 and had an average of $25,425 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 18,164 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,188 and $21,002 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 criminal justice and corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice and corrections. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in criminal justice and corrections.

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Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s criminal justice degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

2

Northcentral University
San Diego, California

Top 25% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminal Justice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. San Diego, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s criminal justice degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northcentral University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.