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University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NVPublic NWCCU

UNLV's Department of Criminal Justice, in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, offers a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (listed as available online), a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and a PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Verified degree programs

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

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University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBADedicated degreeBachelor of Arts
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Las Vegas, NVSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NWCCU
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Master of Arts - Criminal Justice

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts
Format: Campus
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: two years of part-time study (professional version) (part-time, six credit hours per regular semester and six during summer sessions) · 36 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NWCCU
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since December 1, 1964 · next review 10/01/2031

    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.

Forensic labs, centers and student groups

As described on the school's own pages.
  • LabForensic Testimony LaboratoryResearch setting listed for Criminology and Criminal Justice PhD students, alongside the Center for Crime and Justice Policy, the Crowd Management Research Council and a Victimization Laboratory.Source: unlv.edu · verified October 24, 2026

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…).
  • Emergency and Crisis Management (Master of Science)Emergency management master's, not a criminal justice, criminology or forensic degree.Source: unlv.edu · verified October 24, 2026
  • Minor in Criminal JusticeMinor, not a degree.Source: unlv.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
4505 S Maryland Pky, Las Vegas, NV 89154
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
3,178 of 31,094 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 — NWCCU institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. unlv.edu/criminaljustice/ecm — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. unlv.edu/criminaljustice/grad/phd-criminology — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  6. unlv.edu/criminaljustice/undergrad/requirements — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  7. unlv.edu/degree/ba-criminal-justice — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  8. unlv.edu/degree/phd-criminology-criminal-justice — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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