2024 Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools in Texas
3
Colleges in Texas
49
Master's Degrees
a master's degree in
criminology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #178 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for criminology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 master's degrees in criminology to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Criminology School for Your Master's Degree
The criminology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to criminology students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of criminology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized criminology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for criminology students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The criminology 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 the Best Criminology Master's Degree Schools in Texas.
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Featured Criminology Programs
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MS in Criminal Justice
Gain the management, leadership, data analysis and budgeting skills you need to advance in the criminal justice field with this online master's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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