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George Mason University

Fairfax, VAPublic SACSCOCMason Online

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia offers criminology, law and society degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, a forensic science BS and MS, and an MS in Digital Forensics.

Verified degree programs

4 programs verified so far (3 bachelor's, 1 doctoral). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

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Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Law and Society

Bachelor'sBADedicated degreeBachelor of Arts
Format: Campus · Fully online · Mixed (live + self-paced)
Location: Fairfax, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminology
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Bachelor of Science in Criminology, Law and Society

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Fairfax, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminology · Homeland Security
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Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeLaboratory scienceBachelor of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Fairfax, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Forensic Science · Crime Scene Investigation
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PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

Research doctoratePhDDedicated degreeDoctor of Philosophy
Format: Campus
Location: Fairfax, VA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: About four years full-time with a prior relevant graduate degree; usually within six years for those entering without one (earning the MA and PhD) (full-time study) · 72 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminology · Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

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

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1972 · next review 06/01/2028

    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.

Forensic labs, centers and student groups

As described on the school's own pages.

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.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).

Institution

Official name
George Mason University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
7,207 of 39,527 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. catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/humanities-social-sciences/criminology-law-society/criminology-law- — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 24, 2026
  2. catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/science/forensic-program/forensic-science-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 24, 2026
  3. cls.gmu.edu/programs/la-ba-cls — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  4. cls.gmu.edu/programs/la-ms-cjus — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  6. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  7. 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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