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Columbia Southern University campus — Administrative Building in Orange Beach, AL (Taken by school officials, and used on collegetimes.co site as well)
Administrative Building in Orange Beach, AL (Taken by school officials, and used on collegetimes.co site as well). Campus photograph. · Photo: Columbia Southern University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, ALPrivate for-profit SACSCOC

Columbia Southern University offers online criminal justice degrees at the associate, bachelor's and master's levels.

Verified degree programs

4 programs verified so far (1 associate, 2 bachelor's, 1 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

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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Columbia Southern University

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeCJ with forensic focusBachelor 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 · 120 credits
Tuition: $278 per credit · All students — Undergraduate
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Crime Scene Investigation · Forensic Psychology
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Columbia Southern University

BS in Psychology — Criminal Justice Concentration

Bachelor'sBSConcentrationBachelor 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 · 120 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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Columbia Southern University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster 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 · 36 credits
Tuition: $359 per credit · All students — Graduate
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 2022 · next review 12/01/2027

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

FEPAC program accreditation

None of this school's listed programs appears in FEPAC's accredited-program list. FEPAC accredits forensic science programs only and is optional; its absence does not make a program ineligible here.

Institutional accreditation covers the institution. It does not mean every program is FEPAC-accredited — FEPAC accredits individual programs, and we show it only for the program FEPAC lists.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Institution

Official name
Columbia Southern University
Control
Private for-profit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
21982 University Lane, Orange Beach, AL 36561-9000
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
18,487 of 18,487 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 24, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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