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Corrections Schools near Houston

Houston, TX (population: 2,307,883) has five corrections schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Prairie View A & M University, the highest ranked school in this group with a corrections program, has a total student population of 8,608. It is the 628th highest ranked school in the USA and the 31st highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).

Corrections students from Houston schools who go on to become correctional counselors, corrections officers, jailers, probation officers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 455,350 people working as correctional officers and jailers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $42,610. Also, Mental health and substance abuse social workers make on average $41,350 per year and there are about 127,140 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area alone, there are 980 employed mental health and substance abuse social workers earning an average salary of $34,930. Correctional officers and jailers in this area earn $33,570/yr and there are 7,210 employed.

Houston lies in Harris county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has 2,563,840 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $21.58/hr average worker wage, and a $44,880 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.810 out of every 1000 jobs in Houston are held by correctional officers and jailers, and 0.382/1000 are held by mental health and substance abuse social workers.

Of the 5 corrections schools with a 100-mile radius of Houston, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Prairie View A & M University comes out as the most expensive ($12,343/yr) for corrections students, with Lone Star College System as the lowest, reported at only $4,793/yr.

Corrections Programs near Houston

• Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other
  

  Levels offered: Associates

• Corrections
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Corrections
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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