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2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
561 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Criminal Justice & Police Science is the 44th most popular major in the country with 23,232 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,455 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 561 criminal justice and police science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in criminal justice and police science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminal justice and police science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the criminal justice and police science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Police Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M International University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Laredo, Texas, and it awarded 190 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M International University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M International University is $2,261 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Texas A&M International University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s police science degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $11,125 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Texas State Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s police science degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,650 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SFASU.

Full Stephen F Austin State University Criminal Justice & Police Science Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Alva, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s police science students in 2019-2020.

NWOSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,491 for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Read full report on Criminal Justice & Police Science at NWOSU

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 247 bachelors’s police science degrees to qualified students.

Grand Canyon University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,405 for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Grand Canyon University

#6

Wiley College

Marshall, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Wiley College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Marshall, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s police science degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $0-$30k list, Wiley College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for southwest region bachelor’s degree police science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wiley College.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at Wiley College

#7

South University, Austin

Round Rock, Texas
#7 in overall quality

South University, Austin came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Police Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. South University, Austin is a private for-profit institution located in Round Rock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South University, Austin also took the #7 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South University, Austin is $23,470 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Police Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Criminal Justice & Police Science at South University, Austin

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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