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Criminal Justice Associate Degrees in Alabama

The study of justice systems, institutions, policy, administration and practice: policing, courts, corrections and how they work together. Criminal justice looks at the justice system itself. Criminology studies crime and offending; forensic science examines physical evidence. Programs appear here only when official curriculum evidence supports the subject: a named concentration or track, or the degree's own required core — never a topic covered in one or two courses.

Listings in Alabama identify where the school (or the campus that delivers the program) is located. For online programs this is not a requirement to live there, and an online degree based in Alabama is not automatically open to residents of every state.

Listed alphabetically by school. This directory is not a ranking. What we list

Columbia Southern University

Associate of Science in Criminal Justice

AssociateASDedicated degreeAppliedAssociate of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Orange Beach, ALSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 60 credits
Tuition: $278 per credit · All students — Undergraduate
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Northwest Shoals Community College

Criminal Justice (Associate in Applied Science)

AssociateAASDedicated degreeAppliedAssociate in Applied Science
Format: Campus
Location: Phil Campbell, AL
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 61 credits
Tuition: $133 per credit · In-state — Alabama residents, tuition per credit hour (1 credit hour row) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Law Enforcement and Policing
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