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Ohio University

Athens, OHPublic HLCOhio Online

FEPAC-accredited program: 1

Ohio University offers a degree-completion BS in Criminal Justice, an applied associate degree in Law Enforcement Technology, a Forensic Chemistry BS in the chemistry department, and a Sociology-Criminology BA.

Verified degree programs

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

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Ohio University

Associate of Applied Science in Law Enforcement Technology

AssociateAASDedicated degreeAppliedAssociate of Applied Science
Format: Campus · Fully online · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Athens, OHSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: two years for full-time students enrolling in 15 or more credit hours per semester (full-time, 15 or more credit hours per semester) · 60 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Law Enforcement and Policing · Corrections
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Bachelor of Arts in Sociology-Criminology

Bachelor'sBADedicated degreeBachelor of Arts
Format: Campus · Fully online · Hybrid
Location: Athens, OHSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminology
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Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeDegree completionBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Online · Asynchronous · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Athens, OHSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: likely four semesters for full-time students on the Athens campus and full-time students completing articulation agreements (after the associate degree) (full-time study by students who already hold the required applied associate degree) · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entryLaboratory scienceBachelor of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Athens, OH
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 124 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCFEPAC-accredited program
Subjects: Forensic Science
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1913 · 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…).
  • Pre-Criminal Justice (pre-major)Pre-major status leading to the criminal justice major, not a separate degree.Source: ohio.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
Ohio University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
020 Chubb Hall, Athens, OH 45701-2979
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
6,269 of 24,937 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. ohio.edu/cas/chemistry/undergraduate/forensic-chemistry — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. ohio.edu/cas/sociology-anthropology/sociology-undergraduate/criminology-major — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  6. ohio.edu/university-college/criminal-justice — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  7. ohio.edu/university-college/law-enforcement-technology — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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