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University of Northern Iowa

Criminology and Criminal Justice (BA)

Bachelor'sBADegree completionBachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Overview

An online BA degree completion program in criminology and criminal justice for students with an AA/AS degree or at least 24 completed credits. Courses are asynchronous via Blackboard, with three start terms a year.

Official program name
Criminology and Criminal Justice (BA)
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
University
Administering location
Cedar Falls, IAWhere the university or its administering campus is located. Study is online; this is not a residency requirement and does not decide whether you may enroll from your state.
Subject
Required credits
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Start terms
Fall, Spring, Summer
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)

Entry pathway

Degree completion program. Requires prior college credits or an associate degree; you finish the remaining credits online.

Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Prior college credits
Required24 credits — AA or AS degree, or at least 24 completed undergraduate credits from an accredited institution
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Why this program is listed

Online degree completion program delivered entirely online.

Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026

We list online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from institutionally accredited US universities. Eligibility rules

Online format and attendance

“Online” is not one format. Delivery, campus visits, practical placements and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the university states it.
Academic delivery
Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the institution states no required on-site activity for this program.All coursework is online and the institution states no required on-site activity for this program.
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Campus visits
Campus visits: not verified
Practical placement
Placement requirement: not verified
Class schedule
Asynchronous
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026
Study intensity
Part-time, Full-time
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026

The program page does not say whether campus visits or placements are required. Ask the university before you apply — missing information is not “no requirement”.

Curriculum

Curriculum details: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.
Minimum GPA
RequiredMinimum 2 — Minimum 2.0 GPA
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
All online students — Undergraduate Online ProgramsFrom the university's online tuition table$377per credit · 2026-2027Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Other published fees

Technology fee per course
$48 per courseMandatory
Source: online.uni.edu · verified October 10, 2026

Scholarships and financial aid

Awards published by the university for this program or for online students at this level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; financial aid availability does not make a program “fully funded”. Scholarships & funding guide

Institution-wide awards are listed because they cover online students at this level; eligibility conditions apply.

Accreditation, authorization and licensure

Three separate questions: is the university accredited, can it enroll students from your state online, and does the program meet licensure requirements where you live?

Institutional accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

No programmatic accreditation verified for this program. Institutional accreditation does not imply it.

State authorization

International applicants

Not verified for this online program.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 10, 2026.
  1. online.uni.edu/admissions-cost — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 10, 2026
  2. online.uni.edu/online-programs/graduate-programs/instructional-design-learning-technologies-ma — Official program page, verified October 10, 2026
  3. online.uni.edu/online-programs/undergraduate-programs/criminology-and-criminal-justice — Official program page, verified October 10, 2026
  4. online.uni.edu/student-resources/reciprocity-agreements — Official program page, verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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