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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 3,042 people earned their degree in corrections, making the major the 434th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 925 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 134 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in corrections. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in corrections.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree corrections students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Langston University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Langston, Oklahoma, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region list. USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s corrections degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read full report on Corrections at University of the Southwest
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 92 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region. OCU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s corrections degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s corrections degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Corrections at University of Central Oklahoma
Texas State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Corrections Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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