Colleges for Crime Scene Investigators

Keiser University

• Keiser University has campuses throughout Florida, including Daytona Beach, which teach students how to become crime scene investigators. Keiser offers an associate of science degree in crime scene technology. The school requires students to take 36 credit hours of coursework in crime scene technology, including evidence photography, crime scene procedures, crime scene safety, and hazardous and unusual crimes. Students also are required to take 26 credit hours in general education courses such as English and writing.

  Keiser University

  Daytona Beach Campus

  1800 Business Park Blvd.

  Daytona Beach, FL 32114

  386-274-5060

  keiseruniversity.edu/

Diablo Valley College

• Diablo Valley College, located in Pleasant Hill, California, also prepares students for entry level work as crime scene investigators. The basic coursework serves also as the foundation for students taking advanced coursework toward becoming criminal profilers. Students who complete the two-year program receive an associate of science degree, but this two-year college offers certificates of accomplishment and completion to students take criminal justice classes only and earn a "C" grade in each course. Class work includes justice administration, physical evidence and the crime lab, criminal investigation and patrol procedures. Some crime scene investigators begin as police patrolmen and then move into other areas of police work.

  Diablo Valley College

  Pleasant Hill Campus

  321 Golf Club Road

  Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

  825-685-1230

  dev.dvc.edu/

Waynesburg University

• Waynesburg University is a private Christian college in Pennsylvania that offers a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice. Coursework includes collection of evidence, interpretation of evidence and preserving evidence. Students participate in mock crime scene investigations and do internships with law enforcement agencies.

  Waynesburg University

  51 W. College St.

  Waynesburg, PA 15370

  724-627-8191

  waynesburg.edu/

Kaplan University

• Kaplan University offers online programs in crime scene investigation, although it also has brick-and-mortar campuses throughout Iowa, including Cedar Falls. Kaplan offers a certificate in crime scene technology as well as associate, bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice. Kaplan University is part of Kaplan Inc., which is a subsidiary of the Washington Post Co.

  Kaplan University

  Cedar Falls Campus

  7009 Nordic Drive

  Cedar Falls, IA 50613

  800-987-7734

  kaplan.edu/