Criminal Justice is a rapidly expanding field that provides a wide variety of career paths in such areas as law enforcement, courts, criminalistics (crime labs and investigations), law, juvenile law and corrections. Specific career possibilities, depending on the level of education one pursues, could include such things as attorney, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, inspector or compliance officer, firefighter, paralegal, private investigator, forensics specialist, private security, probation officer, and numerous federal enforcement positions.

Because our criminal justice system reflects the realities and concerns of society, the Criminal Justice program draws from a wide variety of academic disciplines like political science, psychology, history, and sociology.