2025 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

Ranked #109 in popularity, criminal justice & police science is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for criminal justice & police science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 188 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice & police science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 criminal justice & police science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other criminal justice & police science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 criminal justice & police science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for criminal justice & police science students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Criminal Justice & Police Science in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & police science.

Top Texas Schools for a Bachelor's in Police Science

1

Texas A&M International University
Laredo, TX

178 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M International University is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & police science. Texas A&M International University is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Laredo.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice & police science from Texas A&M International University

2

Wiley College
Marshall, TX

6 Annual Graduates

Wiley College is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminal justice & police science. Wiley College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Marshall.More information about a bachelor’s in criminal justice & police science from Wiley College

Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma	377	20
Arizona	356	298
New Mexico	202	10

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Criminal Justice & Police Science Related Rankings by Major

Criminal Justice & Police Science is one of 21 different types of Criminal Justice & Corrections programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	3,455
Criminal Justice	876
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	84
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	12
Juvenile Corrections	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.