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Criminal Justice Administration Degrees and Programs

Management, leadership and policy for justice agencies: budgeting, personnel, planning and organizational change. Administration degrees prepare for supervision and management; they are not training for line-level agency work. Programs appear here only when official curriculum evidence supports the subject: a named concentration or track, or the degree's own required core — never a topic covered in one or two courses.

Listed alphabetically by school. This directory is not a ranking. What we list

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Bellevue University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Bellevue, NESchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $680 per credit · All students — Online master's in criminal justice, per credit hour
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Campus · Online · Asynchronous
Location: Honolulu, HISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Complete in 12 Months Full Time (full time) · 36 credits
Tuition: $1,066 per credit · All students — Graduate, Criminal Justice Administration · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: WSCUC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Husson University

Criminal Justice Administration (MS)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Bangor, ME
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 36 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Online
Location: Providence, RISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 2 Years to complete your degree
Tuition: $842 per credit · All students — Online graduate · 2026-27
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online
Location: Livonia, MISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: two years
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Mercer University

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Leadership

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Fully online · Hybrid
Location: Macon, GASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement); internship required
Duration: Eight-week terms · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Middle Tennessee State University

Criminal Justice Administration, M.C.J.

Master'sMCJDedicated degreeMaster of Criminal Justice
Format: Fully online · Hybrid
Location: Murfreesboro, TNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Format: Campus · Online · Hybrid
Location: San Diego, CASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Estimated completion time: 17 months (printed estimate for the 17 major classes; the degree also requires general education classes) · 120 credits
Tuition: $640 per credit · All students — Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, base rate per credit
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: WSCUC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Format: Online
Location: San Diego, CASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: In as few as 12 months (conditional minimum; average completion time is printed as 24 months) · 33 credits
Tuition: $716 per credit · All students — Master in Criminal Justice Leadership, base rate per credit
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: WSCUC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Penn State University

Criminal Justice Policy and Administration, M.P.S.

Master'sMPSDedicated degreeMaster of Professional Studies
Format: Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · All students — World Campus graduate
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Purdue University Global

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: West Lafayette, INSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 1 year average completion · 45 credits
Tuition: $420 per credit · All students — Master program, cost per credit
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Saint Leo University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeCJ with forensic focusMaster of Science
Format: Online
Location: Saint Leo, FLSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 12 months (estimated time to complete as printed) · 30 credits
Tuition: $695 per credit · All students — Master of Science in Criminal Justice, per credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration · Corrections · Criminal Investigation · Forensic Science
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Salem University

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBADedicated degreeCJ with forensic focusBachelor of Arts
Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Salem, WVSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: approximately 40 months (average for a full-time student) · 120 credits
Tuition: $475 per credit · In-state — Undergraduate, WV, IN, OH, PA residents (excluding ASN and LPN-to-ASN students) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration · Crime Scene Investigation
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Salem University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeCJ with forensic focusMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Salem, WVSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: approximately ten months (administration of justice specialization) (average for a full-time student) · 30 credits
Tuition: $650 per credit · All students — Graduate: MBA, MSCJ, MSIT, MSHHP · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration · Forensic Science
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Format: Fully online
Location: Huntsville, TXSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: as little as one year with a full course load (2 courses per term) (full course load, 2 courses per term) · 36 credits
Tuition: $9,488 per academic year · In-state — Full-time graduate, Texas resident (tuition and fees, fall 2026 and spring 2027 estimate) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Strayer University-Delaware

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entryCJ with forensic focusBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Wilmington, DESchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 40 bachelor's courses, each 11 weeks long; overall length depends on how many courses are taken at a time (depends on course load per term)
Tuition: $1,555 per course · All students — Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminology · Digital Forensics · Corrections · Criminal Justice Administration · Homeland Security
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Thomas College

MBA — Criminal Justice Administration Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationMaster of Business Administration
Format: Fully online
Location: Waterville, MESchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 36 credits
Tuition: $735 per credit · All students — MBA - Criminal Justice Administration, online, FY27 · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NECHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration
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Tiffin University

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online · Asynchronous
Location: Tiffin, OHSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 12 Months · 30 credits
Tuition: $755 per credit · All students — Master of Science - Criminal Justice · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Forensic Psychology · Homeland Security · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Online
Location: Fairbanks, AKSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NWCCU
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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