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South College

Knoxville, TNPrivate for-profit SACSCOC

South College is a private for-profit college headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. Its Legal Studies area lists associate, bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice.

Verified degree programs

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

South College

Associate of Science in Criminal Justice

AssociateASDedicated degreeAssociate of Science
Format: Campus · Online · Hybrid
Location: Knoxville, TNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Internship required
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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South College

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Online · Hybrid
Location: Knoxville, TNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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South College

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Online
Location: Knoxville, TNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 2000 · next review 06/01/2027

    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.

Where online students can enroll from

State authorization decides whether the school can enroll you in an online program from your state.

State authorization

  • Not all online programs are available to residents of all U.S. states.
    Source: south.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
South College
Control
Private for-profit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
3904 Lonas Road, Knoxville, TN 37909-0000
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
4,182 of 8,234 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 — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. south.edu/program/bachelor-of-science-in-criminal-justice-bs/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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