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Career Information for Correctional Officers And Jailers in Texas

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Fast Facts for Correctional Officers And Jailers in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Killeen, Texarkana, and Longview
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Laredo, Dallas, and Fort Worth
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Correctional Officers And Jailers in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Texarkana. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Correctional Officers And Jailers in Texas are listed below.

Selected Correctional Officer Schools in Texas

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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University of Phoenix
Arlington, Austin, Cedar Hill, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Hurst, Irving, Killeen, Plano, San Antonio, Spring, Sugar Land

Founded in 1976, University of Phoenix is dedicated to meeting the needs of working students. Now the largest private university in North America, we offer conveniently located campuses and learning centers as well as a flexible online learning format.

  • Programs: Criminal Justice, Online Program - Associate Of Arts In Criminal Justice (Minnesota), Online Program - Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Brown Mackie College
San Antonio

Offers degree and certificate programs in business, health care, legal assistance, and computer technology. Located at 18 campuses throughout the U.S.

  • Programs: Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma

Everest College
Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth

Offers certificate programs, degree programs, and courses in 11 U.S. states with more than 35 locations. Online programs are also available.

  • Programs: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Kaplan College KHE
Arlington, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland, San Antonio

Kaplan College teaches students skills that have relevance in many fast-growing employment areas. Several forms of tuition assistance may be available for qualified enrollees.

  • Programs: Applied Science - Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Argosy University
Dallas

Offers degree programs in business, education, health sciences, and psychology and behavioral sciences. 19 campuses in 11 states and online programs.

  • Programs: Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor

American InterContinental University
Houston

Offers Graduate and Undergraduate degree programs in business, criminal justice, design and media arts, education, engineering and information technology. Located in five U.S. and two foreign sites

  • Programs: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice - General Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

Texas School of Business
Houston

  • Programs: Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

National American University Campus
Austin

Offers degree programs in business, health care, information technology, and much more. Located at twelve campuses throughout the Central U.S.

  • Programs: Criminal Justice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

Selected Online Schools for Correctional Officers and Jailers in Texas

SchoolLocationsDegreesQuick Info
University of Phoenix OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
AIU OnlineOnlineBachelorGet Info
Walden UniversityOnlineBachelorGet Info
Keiser University eCampus OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Virginia College OnlineOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, MasterGet Info
South UniversityOnlineMasterGet Info
Berkeley College OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Kaplan University OnlineOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, Certificate, MasterGet Info
Argosy University OnlineOnlineBachelorGet Info
Colorado Technical University OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Everest University OnlineOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, MasterGet Info
Baker College OnlineOnlineBachelorGet Info
Ashworth CollegeOnlineAssociate, DiplomaGet Info
ECPI OnlineOnlineBachelorGet Info
Central Pennsylvania CollegeOnlineAssociate, CertificateGet Info
Minnesota School of BusinessOnlineAssociateGet Info
Lincoln College of TechnologyOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Anthem CollegeOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Concord Law SchoolOnlineBachelor, Bachelor Get Info
Herzing CollegeOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info

More Texas Correctional Officer Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Alvin Community CollegeAlvinAssociate4,169
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Angelina CollegeLufkinAssociate4,677
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Brazosport CollegeLake JacksonBachelor3,753
Central Texas CollegeKilleenAssociate21,532
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
Colin CollegePlanoAssociate20,143
College of the MainlandTexas CityAssociate3,521
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Galveston CollegeGalvestonAssociate2,044
Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbileneDoctorate2,435
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Howard CollegeBig SpringAssociate3,329
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumontAssociate2,590
Lamar State College-OrangeOrangeAssociate2,005
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
McLennan Community CollegeWacoAssociate8,079
McMurry UniversityAbileneBachelor1,462
Midland CollegeMidlandBachelor5,739
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
Paul Quinn CollegeDallasBachelor567
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie ViewDoctorate8,382
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleDoctorate16,496
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioAssociate19,819
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Plains CollegeLevellandAssociate6,602
Southwest Texas Junior CollegeUvaldeAssociate4,716
Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdochesDoctorate11,607
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Texas A & M International UniversityLaredoDoctorate5,179
Texas State University-San MarcosSan MarcosDoctorate28,121
The University of Texas at BrownsvilleBrownsvilleDoctorate17,215
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthensAssociate5,046
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Victoria CollegeVictoriaAssociate4,002
Weatherford CollegeWeatherfordAssociate4,544
Western Texas CollegeSnyderAssociate1,844
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892
Wiley CollegeMarshallBachelor926

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Correctional Officers And Jailers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Correctional Officers and Jailers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Correctional Officers and Jailers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
Killeen2,640$28,21016
Texarkana500$32,3307.1
Longview810$23,7206.4
McAllen990$28,5103.2
Lubbock530$27,7603.2
San Antonio2,890$33,3402.3
Houston6,350$30,0401.7
Fort Worth1,470$35,0601.2
Dallas3,050$31,6101
Laredo80$32,2500.7
Employment For:
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