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Forensic Science Colleges: An Unranked Editorial Selection

Schools with a laboratory forensic science program that documents its science curriculum, practical work and accreditation.

This is not a ranking. 29 schools meet the published criteria, listed alphabetically.

Reviewed 2026-10-24 · Methodology 1.0 · How selections work

Selection criteria

Included when the school has a laboratory forensic science degree whose science curriculum is documented and that meets at least four of six criteria (FEPAC accreditation counts but is not required).

  1. Science curriculum documented. Natural-science content, science prerequisites or a laboratory component is documented on an official page.
  2. FEPAC-accredited (where applicable). The program appears on FEPAC's own accredited-program list. Optional: not required for a selection.
  3. Structure published. Required credits and the program length are published on an official page.
  4. Practical component documented. An internship, practicum, capstone, thesis or laboratory component is documented.
  5. Tuition published with its basis. Tuition is published with its basis (per credit, term, year or program) and student category.
  6. Admission requirements published. At least one admission requirement or test policy is published for this program.

Universe: Dedicated laboratory forensic science degrees (forensic type: laboratory science) researched in this directory. Criminal justice degrees with a forensic concentration are not counted.

Data: Verified program facts as of 2026-10-24

  • Master of Science in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; 59 credits; 2 years; practical component documented; tuition published with basis; admission requirements published.
Boston University campus — Boston University's College of Communication

Boston University

Boston, MAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: NECHE

Boston University offers a bachelor's degree completion and a master's in criminal justice through Metropolitan College, and master's degrees in biomedical forensic sciences and forensic anthropology through the School of Medicine's Graduate Medical Sciences.

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  • Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; practical component documented; admission requirements published.
  • Master of Science in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; 37 credits; typically two full years including one summer semester; practical component documented; admission requirements published.
  • MS in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; practical component documented; admission requirements published.

National University

San Diego, CAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: WSCUC

National University's College of Law and Public Service offers a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, a Master of Criminal Justice Leadership, a Master of Forensic Sciences and homeland security programs, mostly with online options; digital forensics is offered as a specialization within its cybersecurity degrees.

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  • Master of Forensic Sciences: science curriculum documented; 36 credits; 24 months average completion time; practical component documented; tuition published with basis; admission requirements published.
Penn State University campus — Main entrance of Old Main , at Penn State University in University Park , Pennsylvania .

Penn State University

University Park, PAPublicAccredited: MSCHE

Penn State offers criminal justice, criminology and forensic science degrees from associate to doctoral level across several campuses and through its online World Campus.

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  • Forensic Science, B.S.: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; practical component documented; admission requirements published.
Seattle University campus — Seattle University, October 2022

Seattle University

Seattle, WAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: NWCCU

Seattle University's Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics in Seattle, Washington offers bachelor's degrees in criminal justice and criminology, forensic psychology and forensic science, and a master's degree in criminal justice offered in person and online.

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  • Forensic Science, BS: science curriculum documented; 120 credits; 4 years; practical component documented; tuition published with basis.

Stevenson University

Owings Mills, MDPrivate nonprofitAccredited: MSCHE

Stevenson University (Owings Mills, Maryland) offers a BS in Criminal Justice on campus and online, and online master's degrees in crime scene investigation, forensic science, cybersecurity and digital forensics, forensic investigation and forensic studies.

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  • Forensic Science (MS): science curriculum documented; 36 credits; complete in two years or less; practical component documented; tuition published with basis; admission requirements published.
Syracuse University campus — Syracuse University -2, Syracuse, N.Y LCCN2007661167

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NYPrivate nonprofitAccredited: MSCHE

Syracuse University's forensic science degrees are housed in the College of Arts and Sciences and its Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute: three master's programs in forensic science, forensic science advanced laboratory and medicolegal death investigation, plus a forensic science integrated learning major paired with another undergraduate major. No criminal justice or criminology degree was found.

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  • Master of Science in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; 54 credits; two years at an average of 9 units per quarter; typically three years part-time (5 units or less per quarter); practical component documented; tuition published with basis; admission requirements published.
University of Mississippi campus — Taken from https://www.flickr.com/photos/lordsutch/17356812/sizes/o/in/set-412671/

University of Mississippi

University, MSPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

The University of Mississippi offers a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and an online Master of Criminal Justice through its Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, and a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry through its Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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  • Master of Science in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; practical component documented; tuition published with basis; admission requirements published.
  • B.S. in Forensic Science: science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; practical component documented; tuition published with basis.
  • Forensic Science (M.S.): science curriculum documented; 42 credits; 2 years; practical component documented; admission requirements published.
  • Forensic Science (B.S.): science curriculum documented; FEPAC-accredited program; 120 credits; 4 years; practical component documented.
Washburn University campus — Topeka, Kansas 1948

Washburn University

Topeka, KSPublicAccredited: HLC

Washburn University (Topeka, Kansas) offers an AA in Criminal Justice, a Bachelor of Criminal Justice with emphases, forensic investigation, forensic biology, forensic chemistry, forensic anthropology and digital forensics bachelor's programs, and an online Master of Criminal Justice.

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Limitations

  • The criteria measure how completely a program publishes checkable information. They do not measure teaching quality, outcomes or fit, and a program missing here may well be an excellent choice whose school publishes less.
  • The directory has not researched every institution. Absence from this page means "not verified to meet the criteria", not "does not meet them".
  • No scores, ratings, employment rates or salaries are used, and none are implied. Tuition is never ranked: bases, residency categories and years differ.
  • Missing information is treated as 'not met', never as a negative. A program missing here may meet the criteria but not publish the facts, or may not have been researched yet.

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