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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

University of Baltimore logo

University of Baltimore

Criminal Justice (M.S.)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Baltimore, MDSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 33 credits
Tuition: $865 per credit · In-state — Graduate Public Affairs part-time, in-state, per credit · 2026-27
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Corrections · Juvenile Justice · Law Enforcement and Policing · Criminal Justice Administration
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University of Louisville

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Louisville, KYSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 3 intensive semesters (online) (Online program page wording.) · 36 credits
Tuition: $863 per credit · All students — Online master's, academic year tuition per credit hour
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online
Location: Arlington, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: $390 per credit · All students — Tuition per credit hour
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: DEAC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online
Location: Arlington, VASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 36 credits
Tuition: $390 per credit · All students — Tuition per credit hour
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: DEAC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online
Location: University, MSSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: 1 year · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration · Homeland Security
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Format: Fully online
Location: Denton, TXSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: estimated 2 years; as little as two years taking two courses each session (taking two courses each session) · 36 credits
Tuition: $16,700 entire program · In-state — Online program: estimated Texas resident tuition and fees for the whole degree
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online
Location: Tampa, FLSchool 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 · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online · Asynchronous
Location: Platteville, WISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: as little as 16 months (conditional minimum as printed) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration · Criminology · Homeland Security
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Format: Online
Location: Minneapolis, MNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified · 48 credits
Tuition: $570 per credit · All students — Course-based format
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Walden University

PhD in Criminal Justice

Research doctoratePhDDedicated degreeDoctor of Philosophy
Format: Online
Location: Minneapolis, MNSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Varies per student; up to eight years unless a petition for extension is granted · 83 credits
Tuition: $705 per credit · All students — Standard option, coursework (63 quarter credits)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Online
Location: Forest City, IASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Estimated time of completion of this program is 4 years for full-time students. (full-time students) · 120 credits
Tuition: $345 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, online · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminal Justice
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Format: Online
Location: Forest City, IASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Estimated time of completion of this program is 2 1/2 years with full-time, continuous enrollment. (full-time, continuous enrollment) · 36 credits
Tuition: $470 per credit · All students — Graduate, online · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Fully online · Asynchronous
Location: Topeka, KSSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: approximately two years (typical graduates) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Western Oregon University

Master of Arts in Criminal Justice

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts
Format: Fully online
Location: Monmouth, ORSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 45 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NWCCU
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Criminal Justice Administration
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Format: Campus · Online · Hybrid
Location: New Castle, DESchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: as little as one year (marketing page); designed for two years of continuous study (curriculum page) (as little as one year is a conditional minimum; the curriculum page states the degree is designed to be completed in two years of continuous study but may be accelerated) · 36 credits
Tuition: $1,692 per course · All students — Typical 3-credit graduate course
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: MSCHE
Subjects: Criminal Justice Administration · Criminology · Homeland Security
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