As a criminal justice student at St. Cloud State, you'll learn how society deals with crime and other forms of injustice and victimization – and how to prevent it. The Criminal Justice Studies program emphasizes the intersections of corrections, courts, juvenile justice, law enforcement, private security and various service agencies.

Students may choose a concentration - 21st Century Policing, Corrections and Reentry, Victim Services - or broaden their learning with an electives option. 

Program Highlights

• Close student-faculty interaction and mentorships.
• Students are eligible to participate in more than a dozen Education Abroad programs, including England, Germany, Australia and South Africa.
• St. Cloud State's criminal justice program has articulation agreements with Alexandria Technical College, Central Lakes College and Hennepin Technical College.
• Course delivery methods may be on campus, online* or hybrid (synchronously online) formats. *Degree is not offered completely online. Online courses offered each semester vary, based on annual budgets.

Program Distinctions

• Department adjunct faculty teach up-to-the minute courses from the perspective of advocacy professions, correctional officers, law enforcement officers, probation officers, prosecuting and defense lawyers, and other criminal justice-based agencies.
• A CJS Undergraduate Academic Advising Center is available to all CJS majors and minors and staffed by graduate assistants fall, spring and summer semesters.
• All CJS bachelor's degree holders have completed a senior thesis.

Student Organizations

• Criminal Justice Association
• Conflict Resolution Services for Students (CRSS)
• National Society of Leadership and Success: St. Cloud State Chapter (NSLS)
• Students Organized for Change (SOC)