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Missouri State University-West Plains

West Plains, MOPublic HLC

Missouri State University-West Plains offers an Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice with Criminology and Law Enforcement options and a Criminology certificate; it is a two-year campus of Missouri State University.

Verified degree programs

1 program verified so far (1 associate). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Missouri State University-West Plains

Criminal Justice, Associate of Arts

AssociateAADedicated degreeTransfer-orientedAssociate of Arts
Format: Campus
Location: West Plains, MO
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $171 per credit · In-state — Missouri resident, seated classes, Tier 1 (course prefixes include CRM and SOC) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminology · Law Enforcement and Policing
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1994 · next review 08/31/2030

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

FEPAC program accreditation

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Online student services

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Offerings we reviewed but do not list

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Institution

Official name
Missouri State University-West Plains
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
128 Garfield Avenue, West Plains, MO 65775-2715
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
593 of 1,726 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 — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. wp.missouristate.edu/Academics/criminal-justice-degree-info.htm — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. wp.missouristate.edu/Academics/programs.htm — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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