2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice in the Southwest Region

Criminal Justice is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #190 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the most popular for criminal justice students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 doctor's degrees in criminal justice during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for criminal justice.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Criminal Justice in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in criminal justice.

Most Well Attended Schools for Criminal Justice Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#1 Best Quality In TX

Texas State University is a popular choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in criminal justice. Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in criminal justice in Texas. More information about a doctorate in criminal justice from Texas State University

2

Texas Southern University
Houston, TX

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In TX

#2 Best Quality In TX

Texas Southern University is a popular option for students interested in a doctor's degree in criminal justice. Located in the city of Houston, TSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in criminal justice in Texas. More information about a doctorate in criminal justice from Texas Southern University

 

Best Criminal Justice Colleges by State

Explore the most popular criminal justice colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	298	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminal Justice

One of 13 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Criminal Justice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Criminal Justice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	7

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.