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Associate in Arts in Criminal Justice - North Carolina

Get Oriented To Criminal Justice and Security

The Strayer University Associate in Arts in Criminal Justice is a launch pad to the exciting and rewarding field of law enforcement, corrections and security. An associate in criminal justice degree combines liberal arts coursework with a criminal justice curriculum designed to develop the communication, critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills necessary to succeed.

Students enrolled in Strayer's Associate in Arts in Criminal Justice program will explore topics such as:

  • Criminal theory
  • Law, ethics and procedure
  • How law enforcement and the courts prevent and respond to adult and juvenile crime

What's more, Strayer's online criminal justice program and on-campus classes strengthen your understanding of how political, cultural and economic factors shape our world.

Program Information

Program Length

Strayer University students are mostly working adults who earn their degrees at their own pace and on their own schedule. Most students attend part-time, and the normal time to complete this program is 3.5 years.

On-Time Graduation Rate

100% of our students who graduated from this program between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, did so within 3.5 years.

Program Costs

Cost information for Strayer University programs is available at www.strayer.edu/tuition-and-fees. The tuition and fees for the entire program, at current part-time tuition rates, are $36,500, and at current full-time tuition rates, are $34,600. The tuition and fees for the entire program for all Tennessee students are $36,500. The total estimated cost for books and supplies for the entire program is $3,000. Strayer University does not offer on-campus housing.

Median Loan Debt

For all students completing this program between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, the median cumulative loan debt for each of the following are:
  • Federal student loans: $27,500
  • Private loans: $0
  • Institutional finance loans: $0

Occupations for this program

The following U.S. Department of Labor Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Codes and occupational titles are disclosed pursuant to U.S. Department of Education regulations, and correspond to the U.S. Department of Education Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code for this program.

Title O*Net Link SOC Code
Bailiffs http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3011.00 33-3011.00
Criminal Investigators and Special Agents http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3021.03 33-3021.03
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1111.00 25-1111.00
Immigration and Customs Inspectors http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3021.05 33-3021.05
Police Detectives http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3021.01 33-3021.01
Police Identification and Records Officers http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3021.02 33-3021.02
Police Patrol Officers http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3051.01 33-3051.01
Private Detectives and Investigators http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-9021.00 33-9021.00
Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-3051.03 33-3051.03


Accreditation

Strayer University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 267-284-5000), which is one of the six regional accrediting bodies in the United States. The Commission is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.