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Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CTPrivate nonprofit NECHESacred Heart University Online Programs

Sacred Heart University lists a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (on campus/hybrid, with a part-time online degree completion option) and an online Master of Arts in Criminology & Criminal Justice.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (1 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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Sacred Heart University

Criminal Justice - BS

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Fully online · Hybrid · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Fairfield, CTSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement); internship required
Duration: Online part-time degree completion: major completed in two years or less (part-time students taking online eight-week ahead terms; applies to the major only, not the whole bachelor's degree)
Tuition: $27,085 per semester · All students — Full-time undergraduate tuition, 12-18 credits · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Sacred Heart University

Master of Arts in Criminology & Criminal Justice (MCCJ)

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts
Format: Fully online · Mixed (live + self-paced)
Location: Fairfield, CTSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 10-12 months (full time) (full time) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHE
Subjects: Criminology · Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

  • New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since December 1, 1969 · next review 12/31/2033

    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.

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Online student services

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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…).
  • Cybersecurity - MS (Master of Science)Generic cybersecurity degree; digital forensics appears as one outcome, not a formal digital-forensics pathway.Source: sacredheart.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
Sacred Heart University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
5151 Park Ave, Fairfield, CT 06825-1000
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
1,192 of 11,179 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 — NECHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. sacredheart.edu/majors--programs/criminal-justice---bs/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. sacredheart.edu/majors--programs/criminology-and-criminal-justice---ma/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  6. sacredheart.edu/majors--programs/cybersecurity---ms/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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