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
- August 13, 2025
- October 06, 2025
- Apply By
- August 11, 2025
- October 02, 2025
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 of Science degree, you can pursue work throughout the justice and corrections systems—which means a wide variety of paths are open to you.1 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.2
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.1
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.3 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 and ethics and professional responsibility.
9 Careers in Criminal Justice for Degree Holders to Consider
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.
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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.3
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Help Paying for College
An admissions representative can help you go over options including military grants, corporate grants, loans and other grants, and scholarship opportunities.
Fully Online
You really don’t need to go very far to learn. Do it at your pace, where you work best.
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 an estimated $32,580.3
$307 cost per full-time credit
x 90 total credits
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$27,630 total full-time tuition
+ $4,950 total fees
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$32,580 full-time estimated total program cost
Learn more about the financial aid cost of attendance (COA).
Other Ways to Save
Higher education should be a manageable investment. Talk to an admissions representative 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 grants for those who qualify. Find more about:
Entrance Requirements
To be considered for admission, 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 60 quarter or 40 semester credits with a grade of C or higher.