2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Criminal Justice Studies is the 16th most popular major in the country with 46,895 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7,120 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their criminal justice studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree criminal justice studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Criminal Justice Studies at SHSU
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Criminal Justice Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 184 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Full Tarleton Criminal Justice Studies Report
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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
- *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.
