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Criminal Justice Master's Degrees in Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania is not automatically open to residents of every state.

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

Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Pittsburgh, PASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 3 semesters with a fall start; 4 semesters with a spring or summer start (campus page); as few as 12 months (online page) (conditional minimum; online page says 'In as few as 12 months') · 30 credits
Tuition: $800 per credit · All students — Online program page
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminology · Forensic Psychology
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Penn State University

Criminal Justice Policy and Administration, M.P.S.

Master'sMPSDedicated degreeMaster of Professional Studies
Format: Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · All students — World Campus graduate
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Penn State University

Criminal Justice, M.A.

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts
Format: Campus · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Middletown, PA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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