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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MIPublic HLCMSU School of Criminal Justice Online

FEPAC-accredited program: 1

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.

Verified degree programs

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

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Michigan State University

Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor'sBADedicated degreeBachelor of Arts
Format: Campus
Location: East Lansing, MI
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Digital Forensics
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Michigan State University

Criminal Justice, Master of Arts (online)

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts
Format: Fully online
Location: East Lansing, MISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Two years (full-time online study) · 30 credits
Tuition: $919 per credit · All students — Online master's per credit hour
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Forensic Science, Master of Science

Master'sMSDedicated degreeLaboratory scienceMaster of Science
Format: Campus
Location: East Lansing, MI
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCFEPAC-accredited program
Subjects: Forensic Science
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Michigan State University

Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis, Master of Science (online)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: East Lansing, MISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $919 per credit · All students — Online master's per credit hour
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Law Enforcement and Policing
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Michigan State University

Criminal Justice, Doctor of Philosophy

Research doctoratePhDDedicated degreeDoctor of Philosophy
Format: Campus
Location: East Lansing, MI
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 60 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminology
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1923 · next review 08/31/2035

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

FEPAC program accreditation

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.

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…).
  • Cyber Criminology and Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate (Graduate certificate)Graduate certificate, not a degree.Source: online.cj.msu.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
Michigan State University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
East Lansing, MI
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,486 of 51,316 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. cj.msu.edu/academics/graduate — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. online.cj.msu.edu/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. DAPIP — HLC 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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