Criminal Justice Schools and Degree Programs in North Carolina

Listings in North Carolina identify where the school (or the campus that delivers the program) is located. For online programs this is not a requirement to live there, and an online degree based in North Carolina is not automatically open to residents of every state.

8 programs

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Catawba Valley Community College

Criminal Justice Technology

AssociateDedicated degreeAssociate degree

Campus · Hybrid

Hickory, NC

Campus-based study

Duration not verified

$76 per credit · In-state — North Carolina resident · Effective Fall 2026

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice

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Catawba Valley Community College

Associate degree — Forensic Science Concentration

AssociateConcentrationCJ with forensic focusAssociate degree

Campus · Hybrid

Hickory, NC

Campus-based study

Duration not verified

$76 per credit · In-state — North Carolina resident · Effective Fall 2026

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice · Forensic Science

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Fayetteville State University

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science

Campus · Online

Fayetteville, NCSchool location, not a residency requirement

Online attendance requirements not verified

Duration not verified · 120 credits

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice

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Fayetteville State University

Forensic Science (BS)

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeLaboratory scienceBachelor of Science

Campus

Fayetteville, NC

Campus-based study

Duration not verified

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOCFEPAC-accredited program

Forensic Science · Crime Scene Investigation

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Fayetteville State University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science

Campus · Online

Fayetteville, NCSchool location, not a residency requirement

Online attendance requirements not verified

Duration not verified

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice

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North Carolina A & T State University

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science

Campus · Online

Greensboro, NCSchool location, not a residency requirement

Internship required

Duration not verified · 120 credits

$360 per credit · In-state — Online B.S. in Criminal Justice, in-state

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice

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North Carolina A & T State University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeCJ with forensic focusMaster of Science

Campus · Online + campus visits

Greensboro, NCSchool location, not a residency requirement

Online attendance requirements not verified

Duration not verified

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice · Digital Forensics · Crime Scene Investigation

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North Carolina A & T State University

Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice

Research doctoratePhDDedicated degreeCJ with forensic focusDoctor of Philosophy

Campus

Greensboro, NC

Campus-based study

Duration not verified · 65 credits

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOC

Criminal Justice · Digital Forensics

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School or program name

Online with no mandatory campus visits

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Degree

Degree level

Exact degree

Dedicated degree or concentration

A concentration keeps its real degree, e.g. BS in Psychology — Forensic Psychology Concentration.

Subject

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Forensic type

A criminal justice degree with forensic courses is not a laboratory forensic science degree.

Associate track

From the college’s own wording. No applied degree is assumed to transfer.

Institution type

Entry route (prior qualification)

First-year entry needs no prior college credit; completion and transfer pathways require prior credits or an associate degree.

Location

City (optional)

Where the school (or delivering campus) is. For online programs this is not where you must live.

Format & attendance

Delivery

Class schedule (online)

Study intensity

Internship

Laboratory component required

Programs whose official page states a required laboratory component.

Start term

Published duration

Conditional minimums (“as few as…”) do not count as the program length.

Accreditation

FEPAC-accredited program (verified)

This exact program appears in FEPAC's accredited-program database. FEPAC covers forensic science programs only; its absence says nothing about other programs.

Institutional accreditor

Cost, funding & deadlines

Published tuition

Matches only programs that publish tuition on that basis. Per-credit, per-year and whole-program figures are never compared.

Verified scholarships or funding

Scholarships, assistantships or service scholarships published officially. Loans do not count; service scholarships carry obligations.

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Unknown never counts as a match: a program without verified tuition is not “under $X”, and an unverified attendance policy is not “no campus visits”.

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