As larger prison populations strain state budgets, the criminal justice system is shifting focus from containment to rehabilitation. These changes bring a variety of rewarding career opportunities in corrections and juvenile justice. While the demand for highly qualified individuals to manage and supervise the nation’s prison population remains high, there is an increasing need for professionals focused on offender rehabilitation and treatment programs.

The Bachelor of Science in Public Administration is designed to provide professional preparation for administrative or managerial positions in public service organizations. The degree program requires:

The Criminology major is designed to prepare students for beginning professional work in criminal justice and to provide preparation for graduate work including law school. Criminology courses at the undergraduate level include the integration of theoretical and applied materials of an interdisciplinary nature. The corrections option is designed for students interested in careers in probation, parole, correctional institutions, and other affiliated forms of work.

Are you interested in a career in the criminal or juvenile justice system? With a criminal justice minor, you will expand your understanding of deviance and crime, justice, law enforcement, courts, corrections, and more.

Concordia’s BA in Criminal Justice prepares students to pursue graduate school opportunities and/or enter careers in a broad spectrum, including criminal justice administration, forensic investigation, counselling, corrections, juvenile justice and public welfare.

Boasting four unique concentrations, the criminal justice program invites you to tailor your studies to Juvenile and Family Justice, Law Enforcement Administration and Criminal Investigations, Law and Society, or Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

Explore the important issues of diversity and ethical decision-making within the criminal justice system.

Explore the principles behind criminal justice with Norwich University’s Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice online degree, which examines the processes that enable police, courts and the corrections system to function efficiently and ethically.

The bachelor of science (BS) degree in criminal justice provides graduates with a solid foundation in criminal justice, both its essential components and emerging areas, with a focus on leadership and applied to learn.

Crime is not simple. The criminal justice program at Elmira College aspires to cultivate creative and original thinking about one of our time's most challenging social problems.

The Department of Criminal Justice at Plymouth State University aims to serve students interested in careers in law enforcement, court administration, corrections, juvenile services, and graduate or law school. Consistent with the general mission of Plymouth State University, the department seeks to produce well-rounded graduates who are equipped to both continue their education and enter the workforce.

The Criminal Justice Program at Muskingum University is an interdisciplinary program with a strong emphasis on justice, professionalism, and well-roundedness.

A criminal justice career is exciting and rewarding. Whether investigating and preventing street crime, cybersecurity breaches or international terrorism, criminal justice graduates uphold the law and keep people safe.

Examine the U.S. and global criminal justice systems in a hands-on bachelor’s degree program that takes you beyond how systems work to understand where there are failures and how you can be an agent of change.

Our administration of justice program is an upper-division undergraduate course of interdisciplinary study in the liberal arts and sciences that leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree.