Argosy University is a for-profit institution formed in 2001 with five colleges within 19 campus locations across the United States. Argosy offers a Bachelor of Science degree program in criminal justice at its Honolulu campus. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in the criminal justice system: including law enforcement, corrections, forensic pathology and court administration.
Chaminade University of Honolulu is the only Catholic university in Hawai'i and has the oldest criminal justice program in the state. The university's Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Criminology program serves as a foundation for students interested in applying to law school or entering the workforce in the criminal justice system. Chaminade also confers the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration degree.
Tracing its roots to 1863, Heald College is a for-profit business college with campuses in the western United States. The college's Honolulu campus offers the Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice and the Second Associate in Applied Science in Criminal Justice Administration degrees. Both programs provide students with the basis for a career in law enforcement and the criminal justice system, as well as further legal education.
Remington College is a private, non-profit educational institution that operates campuses across the United States. Students can obtain associate and bachelor's degrees in criminal justice at the college's Honolulu campus. These programs are also offered through the college's online education program. The Honolulu campus is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.
The only law school in the state accredited by the American Bar Association is the William S. Richardson School of Law of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in Honolulu. The university confers the Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees. The curriculum includes courses on criminal justice, criminal procedure, criminal defense and criminal prosecution.
The University of Hawai'i System also offers several other criminal justice degrees, including the Bachelor of Arts in Administration of Justice at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, and associate degree programs in justice administration at Hawai'i Community College, Maui College and Honolulu Community College.