2025 Best Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Texas

If you plan on getting your associate degree in corrections, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #160 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of corrections. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 associate degrees in corrections during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Corrections School for Your Associate Degree

The corrections associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 corrections students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of corrections students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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 corrections related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for corrections students working on their associate 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 Corrections Associate Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Corrections in Texas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in corrections.

Top Texas Schools for an Associate in Corrections

1

Hill College
Hillsboro, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in corrections has to check out Hill College. Hill College is a small public college located in the town of Hillsboro.More information about a associate in corrections from Hill College

2

Austin Community College District
Austin, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in corrections has to check out Austin Community College District. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in corrections from Austin Community College District

3

San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat San Antonio College if you want to pursue an associate degree in corrections. San Antonio College is a fairly large public college located in the city of San Antonio.More information about a associate in corrections from San Antonio College

Best Corrections Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Corrections Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	349	6
New Mexico	255	25
Oklahoma	222	19

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Rankings in Majors Related to Corrections

One of 21 majors within the Criminal Justice & Corrections area of study, Corrections has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Corrections

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	1,397
Criminal Justice & Police Science	338
Criminal Justice	89
Criminal Justice and Corrections, General	4

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.