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Criminal Justice Schools in the US

Schools with at least one verified program. Each holds a current institutional accreditation recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's accreditation database (DAPIP). FEPAC accreditation of forensic science programs is shown separately, only where FEPAC lists the program.

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

Madonna University campus — An image of Madonna University, a college in Livonia.

Madonna University

Livonia, MIPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC

Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan offers criminal justice degrees at the associate, bachelor's and master's levels (in person, online and hybrid) and forensic science degrees at the bachelor's and master's levels.

Michigan State University campus — MSU Computer Center

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MIPublicAccredited: HLC

Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice offers a bachelor of arts, online master's degrees, a master of science in forensic science and a Ph.D. in criminal justice.

Middle Tennessee State University campus — Business and Aerospace Building from the view of the quadrangle

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TNPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

Middle Tennessee State University's Department of Criminal Justice offers a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and an online and hybrid Master of Criminal Justice. Forensic Science is a separate interdisciplinary bachelor's degree.

Missouri Baptist University

Saint Louis, MOPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC

Missouri Baptist University in Saint Louis offers criminal justice bachelor's degrees on campus, online criminal justice degrees at the bachelor's and master's level, a campus forensic psychology BS and a chemistry degree with a forensic science concentration.

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.

New Jersey Institute of Technology campus — Looking west and up from Bleecker Street at Eberhardt Hall , New Jersey Institute of Technology — in Newark, New Jersey.

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJPublicAccredited: MSCHE

NJIT offers an on-campus BS in Forensic Science with four concentrations, a double-major BS in Forensic Science and Law, Technology and Culture, and a criminal justice and law concentration within its BS in Information Technology. No criminal justice, criminology or graduate forensic degree was located.

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NCPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

North Carolina A&T State University offers criminal justice through its Department of Criminal Justice: a BS (campus and online), an MS (on campus and online) and an on-campus PhD, with specializations in investigative science, digital forensics, research methodology and social justice at the graduate level.