Colleges that Offer Criminal Justice

Rutgers University

• With campuses located throughout New Jersey, Rutgers University offers criminal justice as both a major and minor through their Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice. Students who participate in the major will have to complete a number of courses developed around the study of justice in today's society. For example, the course Poor, Minorities and Justice will explore the arguments of inequality in the justice that is received by both the poor and minority groups of society in comparison to the wealthy and majority groups. In 2002, Rutgers University created a criminal justice master's program.

  Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

  Rutgers University

  405-7 Cooper Street

  Camden, NJ 08102-1521

  856-225-6470

  rutgers.edu

Boise State University

• Boise State University introduced criminal justice as an educational program in 1966. The program continued to grow into its own department. As of August 2010, the Criminal Justice department houses nearly 600 undergraduate majors. Students will attend such classes as Careers in Criminal Justice and Law and Popular Culture. Students are also required to complete an internship or field-work session in which they work within a criminal justice career field. Students within the Boise State University Criminal Justice Department have taken part in creating such studies as the Survey of Racial, Ethnic and Religious Bias in the Idaho Court System and Crime in the Lives of Idahoans.

  Department of Criminal Justice

  Boise State University

  1910 University Dr. MS1955

  Boise, ID 83725-1955

  208-426-3407

  boisestate.edu

Citadel University

• Located in Charleston, South Carolina, The Citadel Military Academy offers criminal justice as a major to its attending cadets. This program introduces its students to the inner working of the United States justice system. Students will study a number of areas to gain an understanding of the causes, consequences of crime and the practices used to prevent it. Students will also learn about the various departments within the local and federal governments that help fight against criminal activity. Graduates with a criminal justice major from Citadel University have gone on to jobs within the FBI, DEA, CIA and Office of Homeland Security.

  Citadel University

  171 Moultrie Street

  Charleston, SC 29409

  843-225-3294

  citadel.edu