Criminal Justice Online Degree Programs

Criminal justice professionals include a wide variety of trained specialists who enforce laws, apprehend, prosecute, send to prison, and rehabilitate adult and juvenile offenders, assist victims, and prevent the recurrence of crime through effective means of security and prevention. Depending on their particular task, criminal justice professionals may hold positions ranging from CIA agent, FBI agent, Customs agent, Drug enforcement agent, Detective, Police officer, Warden, Corrections officer, or Legal secretary.

A student may need to earn a certificate, associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree depending on his or her particular career goals in the field of criminal justice. A certificate degree obtained thorough an online program can include coursework on crime scene technology, terrorism and national security management, and criminal justice. An associate’s degree entails topics like law enforcement, corrections, private security, court reporting and paralegal responsibilities.

A bachelor’s degree facilitates a student to further the career training received at the associate’s level and seek alternate career options like social worker, probation officer, and correctional treatment specialist. However, for advanced positions in the domain of criminal justice, a student has to pursue his master’s degree. Taking up online degree programs in criminal justice allows the students flexibility of time and classes.

Students looking for diverse employment opportunities in criminal justice can decide to become a Crime scene investigator, a Postal service investigator, a U.S. Marshall, a Border patrol agent or a Drug enforcement agent on completion of their online degree programs. There is a wealth of career opportunities in the court system, at the local, state and federal level and in forensic departments for criminal justice experts due to the rampant increase in global terrorism.

Depending on the particular position they hold, criminal justice professionals can earn anything between $31,700 and $83,510. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates an 10% increase in the scope of employment for all the departments of criminal justice through 2018.

Featured Online Criminal Justice Schools

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  Campus

  Strayer University Online

  Program

  • Criminal Justice

  • Criminal Justice: Homeland Security and Emergency Management

  • Criminal Justice: Criminal Justice Administration

  • Criminal Justice: Computer Security and Forensics

  • Criminal Justice: Homeland Security Technology

  

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  Campus

  Ashford University Online

  Program

  • AA/Military Studies

  • BA/Military Studies

  • BA/Law Enforcement Administration

  • BA/Social Sciences/Criminal Justice

  • BA/Social and Criminal Justice- No specialization

  • BA/Social and Criminal Justice/Political Science and Government

  • BA/Social and Criminal Justice/Corrections Management

  • BA/Social and Criminal Justice/Homeland Security

  • BA/Homeland Security and Emergency Management

  • BA/Social and Criminal Justice/Forensics

  • BA/Social and Criminal Justice/Security Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Criminal Justice

  

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  Campus

  Allen Service Center, Allen, TX

  National American University Online

  Program

  • Criminal Justice, A.A.S.

  • Criminal Justice, B.S.

  

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  Campus

  Boston University Online

  Program

  • Master of Criminal Justice (MCJ)

  

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  Campus

  American InterContinental University

  Program

  • Associate of Science in Criminal Justice

  • Bachelor's (BSCJ) - Generalist

  • Bachelor's (BSCJ) - Corrections and Case Management

  • Bachelor's (BSCJ) - Forensic Science

  • Bachelor's (BSCJ) - Homeland Security and Crisis Management

  • Bachelor's (BSCJ) - Law Enforcement

  

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  Campus

  Everest University Online

  Program

  • Homeland Security

  • Criminal Justice

  • Homeland Security

  • Criminal Justice

  • Master of Science in Criminal Justice

  

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  Campus

  UOP

  Program

  • AA/Criminal Justice

  • BS in Criminal Justice Admin./Institutional Healthcare

  • BS in Criminal Justice Admin./Human Services

  • BS in Criminal Justice Admin./Management

  • MS/Administration of Justice and Security

  

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  Campus

  Kaplan University Online

  Program

  • AAS in Criminal Justice

  • BS in Criminal Justice Administration and Management

  • BSCJ - Computer Crime

  • BSCJ - Forensic Psychology

  • BS in Criminal Justice

  • BSCJ - Law Enforcement

  • BS in International and Comparative Criminal Justice

  • BSCJ - Juvenile Justice

  • BS in Legal Studies

  • BSCJ - Corrections

  • BSCJ - Homeland Security

  • BSCJ - Crime Scene Investigation

  • MSCJ - Corrections

  • MSCJ - Leadership/Executive Management

  • MSCJ - Law

  • MSCJ - Policing

  • MPA - Criminal Justice

  • MSCJ - Global Issues in Criminal Justice

  • MS in Criminal Justice

  

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  Campus

  Everest College Phoenix Online

  Program

  • Criminal Investigations (Associate)

  • Criminal Justice (Associate)

  • Criminal Justice (Bachelor's)

  

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  Campus

  Keiser University Graduate School

  Program

  • Master of Arts in Criminal Justice