Why This Program
Northampton Community College’s Criminal Justice program is designed for your success, whether you’re a high school graduate pursuing a law enforcement career, a military veteran seeking new opportunities or a professional exploring a career change. Our in-person and online Criminal Justice associate’s degree equips you to thrive:
- Flexibility: Study at our Bethlehem or Pocono campus in Pennsylvania, or learn from anywhere online.
- Affordability: Earn a degree from one of the lowest-cost criminal justice programs in PA.
- Transferability: Further your education in criminal justice, criminology or related disciplines at a four-year institution through NCC’s transfer agreements.
- Housing: Choose to live on-campus for a focused, immersive learning environment.
- Experienced Faculty: Learn from criminal justice and juvenile justice professionals who teach with the voice of experience, not just the observations of textbooks.
- Small Class Sizes: Form relationships with peers and professors in concentrated courses with a small student-to-faculty ratio.
- Student Services: Take advantage of NCC’s comprehensive counseling and career placement services.
What You'll Learn
Protect communities and invest in a safer future through the Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice at Northampton Community College. Here, you’ll confront challenging issues and examine detailed arguments about the law, psychology, criminal behavior, courts, social systems, ethics, patterns of human behavior and more.
You’ll apply that learning right away in hands-on, interactive simulations, internships and job shadowing placements. NCC offers one of the most affordable criminal justice programs in PA, and you can choose the program path that works best with your other commitments: study on the Bethlehem or Pocono campus, or complete your coursework online.
Program Details
Semesters: 4
Credits: 64
College Catalog: View Curriculum
Program Map: Download PDF
Locations: Bethlehem | Fully OnlineProgram Overview:
The Criminal Justice program incorporates a robust 64-credit curriculum. Courses include criminology, abnormal psychology, American constitutional law and criminal justice ethics. Learning from juvenile and criminal justice experts, you’ll earn the knowledge and skills you need to excel in a career in law enforcement and related fields. Alternatively, with an associate degree in Criminal Justice, you may transfer to a four-year bachelor’s degree program.
Tuition & Financial Aid
Completing an associate’s degree in Criminal Justice at Northampton Community College can drastically reduce the overall cost of your criminal justice education. Our tuition and fees are some of the most affordable in the region. On top of the low upfront costs, you can also take advantage of NCC’s substantial financial aid and scholarship opportunities—we have one of the largest community college scholarship programs in Pennsylvania!
