2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Criminology is the 76th most popular major in the country with 11,039 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 842 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 105 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular criminology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree criminology students.

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Criminology in the Southwest Region

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Top 10% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminology degrees to 81 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminology at CNM

2

Paris Junior College
Paris, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paris Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Paris Junior College is a small school located in Paris, Texas that handed out 17 associates’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminology at Paris Junior College

3

Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wharton County Junior College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. Wharton, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Criminology at Wharton County Junior College

4

LeTourneau University
Longview, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Criminology Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. LeTourneau University is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 10 associates’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Criminology at LeTourneau University

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Criminology

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.