Advance in Your Criminal Justice Career With a Degree
Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree—Leadership and Management Specialization
Our Criminal Justice Bachelor’s degree with a Leadership and Management specialization is focused on developing your leadership skills to help you achieve the promotion or specialized assignment you want to advance your career. Available to Associate’s degree holders, our Criminal Justice Bachelor’s degree is designed for criminal justice professionals.*
Our fully online Criminal Justice Bachelor’s degree with a Leadership and Management specialization is designed to help current criminal justice professionals advance their career on an efficient timeline and at an affordable cost.
Practical, Affordable, and Achievable in 18 Months
In our leadership courses, you study material and complete projects directly relatable to your current criminal justice career. Our field-experienced instructors focus on:
- Leadership philosophy, strategy, and skills
- Leading and motivating teams
- Increasing morale
- Building upon and applying leadership strategies and skills to your specific career
We also understand the importance of having an affordable higher education option, which is why we offer our Criminal Justice Bachelor's degree students:
- Competitively priced tuition of $260 per credit**
- American Heroes Scholarship (valued at $2,500)
- Partner Success Grant (valued at $2,000)
- Tuition lock for four years if you are continuously enrolled from quarter to quarter
Learn more about our Criminal Justice Leadership and Management Bachelor's degree by completing the form on the right or calling us at 888-549-6755. One of our program managers will be happy to answer all your questions.
- Average AcceleratED student transfers in more than 91 credits
- Complete your degree in as little as 18 months through online six-week courses
- Flexible courses available completely online to work around your busy schedule
Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree with Leadership and Management Specialization Courses
Courses in our Criminal Justice Bachelor’s degree with a Leadership and Management specialization develop the industry-relevant leadership skills you need to help advance your current criminal justice career.
- Focus on leadership skills to help advance your career
- Courses led by industry-experienced faculty
- Bachelor's degree available completely online
- Curriculum provides insight into skills for successful leaders
Sample Course List
Cultural Diversity and Justice
Values-Based Leadership in Criminal Justice
Contemporary Leadership Challenges
Estimated Program Cost
Information presented on our tuition calculator
GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT RATE
Placement Rate Methodology: 85% of March 2011 to December 2011 graduates available for employment were employed in their field of study or continuing their education as of September 30, 2012. This rate includes graduates across all Rasmussen College programs and campuses working in their field of study or continuing their education at Rasmussen College or another institution. This rate does not specify that each graduate was placed by Rasmussen College in their current position; some graduates find jobs on their own while others maintain previously held employment.
Bureau Of Labor Statistics (BLS)
BLS salary data represents national, averaged earnings for the occupations listed and includes workers at all levels of education and experience. This data does not represent starting salaries. Employment conditions in your area may vary.
Tuition Lock
Tuition rate is locked in for continuously enrolled students. A change in the number of credits taken during enrollment in any quarter may lead to different prices if a student moves from part-time to full-time status or vice versa.
Federal And State Grants
Students must meet applicable eligibility requirements for state and federal grant programs—please speak with a financial aid advisor for details.
Time To Complete
Time to complete is dependent on accepted transfer credits and courses completed each quarter.
Credit Transfer
Rasmussen College reserves the right to accept or deny credits based on policies listed in the college catalog.
Corporate Discounts
Discounts may vary by corporate partner and program. Please contact a program manager for more information.
Estimated Potential Earnings
If you invested in your degree and started a career as a , the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states the median yearly salary for this career is . At that rate, your estimated return on investment would be over the course of a lifetime.
A career as a is just one career option you can pursue with your degree. Your income potential can vary based on your specialization or industry, and you should explore all your options to find the career that is right for you.
A Degree Matters
Earning an Associate's or Bachelor's degree—regardless of the field of study—can greatly improve your income potential in today's job market. In fact, according to the BLS, degree holders earn, on average, significantly more than high school diploma holders:
- National Average Lifetime Earnings**
- Unemployment Rate**
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Bachelor's Degree$2,281,0404.9%
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Associate's Degree$1,763,4406.8%
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Some College$1,622,2408.7%
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High School Diploma$1,367,8809.4%
**http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-14.pdf, http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm
Potential earnings calculated by multiplying median full-time salaries by 40 years http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm
Seamless Transfer Policies
- Transfer your Associate's or Bachelor's degree, regardless of subject area and date of completion, to complete your degree in as little as 18 months
- Transfer in successfully completed credits, regardless of subject of study
- General education credits have no expiration date
- Transfer credits in from previous learning, work, and military experiences
Your Future-Faster
Maximizing your transfer of credit is one way Rasmussen College helps minimize your time to graduation. Through our AcceleratED courses, we also help streamline your time to graduation with focused six-week courses. This efficient course structure, combined with our extensive transfer policy options, can allow you to complete your Bachelor's degree in as little as 18 months.
Estimate your time to graduation using our credit and course calculator below:
How many credits are you transferring?**
Estimated Time to Complete your Bachelor's Degree**
You can complete your degree XX months faster with the
AcceleratEDSM Bachelor's Degree Completion Program.**
Information on transfer policies
Transfer Credit
This calculator is based on semester credits. If you are transferring quarter credits, simply divide your quarter credits by 1.5 to get semester credits. The maximum amount of semester credits is eighty (80).
Time to Complete
Estimate for qualified individuals transferring in more than 60 quarter credits. Actual time to completion will be based upon transfer evaluation by Rasmussen College eligibility.
Rasmussen College reserves the right to accept or deny transfer of credit based on the guidelines found in the Rasmussen College course catalog. Time to complete will depend on number of credits transferred and number of credits taken by student each quarter. Cost does not include $150 course fee.
*Eligible Associate’s degrees include: Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Justice Administration, Justice Management, Corrections, Public Safety, and Emergency Management. **$260/credit does not include $150 course fee.
