What Do Criminal Justice Courses Look Like?
You’ll learn through live interactive sessions with faculty and peers, authentic assessments of what you know, and real-world projects like analyzing a real interrogation video.
Criminal Justice
Bachelor's Degree
Online Program
- Next Start Dates
- October 03, 2022
- November 09, 2022
- Apply By
- September 28, 2022
- November 04, 2022
Get a Head Start on Your Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree
You can get transfer credits reviewed in one business day (on average) and transfer your credits to save time and money. Take advantage of our online Criminal Justice degree Bachelor Completer entrance pathway to save time and money by transferring in your Associate's degree or conferred credits.
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What Does This Degree Prepare You For?
With your Criminal Justice Bachelor’s degree, you can pursue work throughout the justice and corrections systems—which means a wide variety of paths are open to you. Common career paths for graduates with a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice include:
- Crime victims advocate
- Security manager
- Corporate security supervisor
Why Pursue a Career in Criminal Justice at Rasmussen University?
We’re here to help you protect and serve your community at a higher level.
- Our online criminal justice courses are built to help you balance work and life while you learn and advance in our programs.
- You’ll work with instructors who bring years of criminal justice experience and are committed to your success.
- This program was designed and reviewed by industry experts with experience at organizations such as the FBI, DEA, United States Secret Services and Homeland Security.5
The Criminal Justice program is not designed to meet the educational requirements for professional licensure or certification in any states. This program has not been approved by any state professional licensing body and does not lead to any state-issued professional license.2
Online Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Degree
Rasmussen University courses are fully online and rich in interactive learning—to give you more control and balance in your life. Plus, we offer support on the ground at 23 campuses.
Speed and Cost Savings
Earn your Bachelor’s in as few as 18 months when transferring in your Associate's degree or previous college credits. Self-directed assessments can save even more time and money.
Plus, transferable skills that take you farther.
Along with gaining justice-related expertise, you’ll grow in critical thinking, digital fluency, information literacy, communication, diversity and teamwork, and ethics and professional responsibility.
Not sure what you can do with a Criminal Justice degree? The field goes further than roles as a police officer and we’ve done the research to compile the wide variety of careers available to those with the right education.
Read more"Students have the opportunity to learn from professionals in the field, who bring their work experiences to the classroom."
Rose Du Houx Pogatshnik, MS
School of Justice Studies Faculty and Law Enforcement Program Chair
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Get Credit for What You Know
Self-Directed Assessments
Show that you have already achieved the skills for a course and don't need to take it. Your potential savings could be over $7,000!4
Transfer Credits
No matter your education background, you can transfer your conferred Associate’s degree or 91 credits to finish your Bachelor’s in as few as 18 months.
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Education Built for Working Adults
Fully Online
You really don’t need to go very far to learn. Do it at your pace, where you work best.
Help Paying for College
An admissions advisor can help you go over options including military discounts, corporate grants, loans and other grants, and scholarship opportunities.
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Tuition & Savings
Do the Math:
Courses are delivered in 5.5-week terms and full-time students can finish in as few as 18 months for as low as $28,720.
$269 cost per full-time credit
x 90 total credits
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$24,210 total full-time tuition
+ $4,510 total fees
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$28,720 full-time estimated total program cost
Other Ways to Save
Higher education should be a manageable investment. Talk to an admissions advisor and learn how our online Criminal Justice program is designed to be more affordable with Knowledge Credit™ through transfer credits, self-directed assessments, and military training or professional certification. Plus, save more with loans and grants, scholarship opportunities, and military discounts for those who qualify. Find more about:
Entrance Requirements
Entrance requirements at Rasmussen University vary depending on the program. We do not require enrolling students to submit standardized test scores; however, every entrant must have at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. To be considered for admission to the Bachelor-Completor Entrance Option, students must hold a conferred Associate’s degree from an accredited institution as recognized by the Department of Education, or students must have successfully completed 90 quarter or 60 semester credits with a grade of C or higher.
- 2020 Rasmussen University Credit Transfer Data, collected July 2021.
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The Criminal Justice Leadership and Management Bachelor’s degree and Criminal Justice Associate’s degree programs have not been approved by any state professional licensing body, and the programs do not lead to any state-issued professional license. For further information on professional licensing requirements, please contact the appropriate board or agency in your state of residence. Additional education, training, experience, and/or other eligibility criteria may apply.
In Minnesota, the Criminal Justice Associate’s degree program does not meet the standards established by the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board for persons who seek employment as a peace officer. - Completion time is dependent on transfer credits accepted and the number of courses completed each term.
- 2020 total student savings calculated based on 22,203 credits earned. The cost of earning the equivalent credits at $260 per credit would calculate to $5.7M. That value is reduced by the cost charged to attempt the test out ($549,524.25) – which reflects the $99 attempt fee applied to the earned credits ($24.75 per course based on an average credits per course of 4 x 22,203 credits earned).
- 2019 Criminal Justice Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees Curriculum Summit included industry experts from various organizations who designed and reviewed the curriculum, collected February, 2020.