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University of South Carolina-Columbia

Columbia, SCPublic SACSCOC

The University of South Carolina's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice offers a B.A., an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice on the Columbia campus, plus a combined M.A./J.D. with the School of Law.

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 South Carolina-Columbia

Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBADedicated degreeBachelor of Arts
Format: Campus
Location: Columbia, SC
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: $512 per credit · In-state — USC Columbia undergraduate, resident, part-time per credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminology · Criminal Justice
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University of South Carolina-Columbia

Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts
Format: Campus
Location: Columbia, SC
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $572.25 per credit · In-state — USC Columbia graduate, resident, part-time per credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminology · Criminal Justice
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University of South Carolina-Columbia

Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Research doctoratePhDDedicated degreeDoctor of Philosophy
Format: Campus
Location: Columbia, SC
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 39 credits
Tuition: $572.25 per credit · In-state — USC Columbia graduate, resident, part-time per credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminology · Criminal Justice
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Accreditation

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

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1917 · 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

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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…).
  • Combined M.A./J.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice and LawJoint program with the Juris Doctor; law degree excluded. The M.A. is recorded separately.Source: academicbulletins.sc.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
Columbia-Campus, Columbia, SC 29208
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
3,068 of 36,579 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. academicbulletins.sc.edu/graduate/arts-sciences/criminology-criminal-justice/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 24, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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