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 parallels of law enforcement, courts, corrections, juvenile justice, private security and various service agencies.

Program Highlights

• Small classes, individual attention and 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 and Central Lakes College. 

Program Distinctions

• 40 percent of St. Cloud Police Department officers are criminal justice alumni
  
• More than 250 regional law enforcement managers have completed the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS) course hosted annually at St. Cloud State.
• More than 375 graduates with master's degrees in criminal justice; 113 with master's degrees in public safety executive leadership.
• FBI National Academy partnership offers St. Cloud State degrees to academy graduates.
• Department adjunct faculty teach up-to-the minute courses from the perspective of prosecuting and defense lawyers, police chiefs, correctional officers, women's advocates, law enforcement officers, people of color, judges, probation officers and others.
• CJS offers its own Undergraduate Academic Advising Center, which is staffed by graduate assistants fall, spring and summer.
• 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: SCSU Chapter (NSLS)
• Students Organized for Change (SOC)

Continuing Education

• Master of Science (M.S.) in Criminal Justice Studies
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Public Safety Executive Leadership