Independent directory of US criminal justice, criminology and forensic degrees
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
Carbondale, ILPublicAccredited: HLC
Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers a BA (on campus and fully online), an on-campus MA and an on-campus PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice through its School of Justice and Public Safety.
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.
Wilmington, DEPrivate for-profitAccredited: MSCHE
Strayer University offers its Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice online and on campus; the Wilmington, Delaware campus lists select on-ground courses. No associate or graduate criminal justice degree appears on its program lists.
Buffalo, NYPublicAccredited: MSCHE
SUNY Buffalo State offers a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Criminal Justice (with a combined pathway) through its Criminal Justice department, and a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry and Master of Science in Forensic Science through its Chemistry department.
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.
College Station, TXPublicAccredited: SACSCOC
Texas A&M University in College Station offers a BS in Forensic and Investigative Sciences through the Department of Entomology, with a science emphasis and a pre-law emphasis. No criminal justice or criminology degree and no graduate forensic science degree was located.
San Marcos, TXPublicAccredited: SACSCOC
Texas State University's School of Criminal Justice and Criminology in San Marcos, Texas offers a bachelor's degree (in person and online), a master's degree with thesis, non-thesis and online executive options, and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice.
Tuscaloosa, ALPublicAccredited: SACSCOC
The University of Alabama's Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice offers a BA in Criminology & Criminal Justice (on campus and online), an MS and a PhD in Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Tampa, FLPrivate nonprofitAccredited: SACSCOC
The University of Tampa offers a BS and an MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice in its Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a BS in Forensic Science in the chemistry and biochemistry department.
Waterville, MEPrivate nonprofitAccredited: NECHE
Thomas College in Waterville, Maine offers a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with several concentrations, a forensic psychology BA, and online criminology and criminal justice administration graduate programs.
Tiffin, OHPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC
Tiffin University in Ohio offers Bachelor of Criminal Justice majors, a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice, with online and on-campus options.
Towson, MDPublicAccredited: MSCHE
Towson University offers forensic chemistry (bachelor's) and forensic science (master's) degrees in the Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science, a Criminal Justice Concentration within the Sociology-Anthropology major, and an online master's in Integrated Homeland Security Management.
Akron, OHPublicAccredited: HLC
The University of Akron offers an associate degree and bachelor's degrees in criminal justice studies, criminology and criminal justice, and criminal intelligence analysis through its Department of Criminal Justice Studies, and a cyber forensics bachelor's degree in its School of Disaster Science and Emergency Services.
Birmingham, ALPublicAccredited: SACSCOC
The University of Alabama at Birmingham offers criminal justice, digital forensics and forensic science degrees through the J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences, including online options for the criminal justice BS and MS.
Fairbanks, AKPublicAccredited: NWCCU
The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a BA in Justice and an MA in Justice Administration through its Department of Justice. The undergraduate degree is listed on the Fairbanks campus and entirely online through eCampus; the master's degree is offered online.
Little Rock, ARPublicAccredited: HLC
The School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at UA Little Rock lists an AS in Law Enforcement, a BA in Criminal Justice, master's degrees in criminal justice (MA and an online MS) and a PhD in Criminal Justice.
Baltimore, MDPublicAccredited: MSCHE
The University of Baltimore's School of Criminal Justice, in the College of Public Affairs, offers bachelor's degrees in Criminal Justice, Forensic Studies and Cyber Forensics and master's degrees in Criminal Justice and Cyber Forensics, with online options for four of the five.
Davis, CAPublicAccredited: WSCUC
UC Davis offers an in-person Master of Science in Forensic Science through an interdisciplinary graduate group, with a forensic criminalistics track and a forensic DNA track. No criminal justice or criminology degree was located in this research.
Irvine, CAPublicAccredited: WSCUC
UC Irvine's Department of Criminology, Law and Society offers a BA and a PhD in Criminology, Law and Society and an online Master of Advanced Study; an online Master of Legal and Forensic Psychology is run with the Department of Psychological Science.
Orlando, FLPublicAccredited: HLC
UCF offers criminal justice degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels through its Department of Criminal Justice, and a BS in Forensic Science through the Department of Chemistry.