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Minnesota State University-Mankato

Mankato, MNPublic HLC

Minnesota State University, Mankato offers a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (with a Policing Studies emphasis) on campus and an online Master of Science in Criminal Justice through its Department of Criminal Justice.

Verified degree programs

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

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Minnesota State University-Mankato

Criminal Justice (BS)

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Mankato, MN
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Minnesota State University-Mankato

Criminal Justice (MS)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Mankato, MNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 18 months (time to completion as listed) (listed as time to completion) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1940 · next review 08/31/2036

    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.

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…).
  • Corrections (BS) (Bachelor of Science)Closed for admissions effective Fall 2025; merged into the criminal justice BS.Source: hss.mnsu.edu · verified October 24, 2026
  • Policing Studies certificate (Certificate)Certificate, not a degree.Source: mnsu.edu · verified October 24, 2026
  • Criminal Justice Leadership graduate certificate (Graduate certificate)Certificate, not a degree.Source: mnsu.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
South Rd and Ellis Ave, Mankato, MN 56001
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,384 of 14,709 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. hss.mnsu.edu/academic-programs/corrections/programs/corrections-bs/ — 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. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. mnsu.edu/programs/criminal-justice/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  6. mnsu.edu/programs/policing-studies/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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