Master of Arts in Criminal Justice

With a Criminal Justice M.A., you will obtain the skills needed to create real change in the legal system at the administrative, operational, and community levels. Our curriculum develops your abilities by focusing on leadership theory and methods, self-assessment and improvement of leadership strengths, and system change management. Courses focus on problem-solving at various stages of the criminal justice process, with community collaboration as a foundation for problem-solving techniques.

Applicants must:

• have earned (or will have earned by the term they wish to enroll) a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university, and
• have been in good standing at the last institution attended, and
• have satisfied collegial and/or major criteria, if applicable, for graduate study in a specific major.

International Students must meet the university language requirement for admission to the university. Applicants must take either Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or Pearson Test of English (PTE).

• For the IELTS, applicants must meet the minimum acceptable score of 6.0 academic version.
• TOEFL Exam scores: Paper - 550; Listening - 55; Reading - 54; Writing - 58; Computer Internet - 213; Listening - 21; Reading - 24; Writing - 21; Internet (iBT) - 80: Listening - 20; Speaking - 20; Reading - 20; Writing - 20.
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) Exam score 53: Listening - 53; Speaking - 53; Reading - 53; Writing - 53.

Completed applications must be submitted by May 15 for a fall, September 15 for spring, and January 15 for summer session admission.