Career Opportunities

Our graduates are prepared for professional careers in the criminal justice system and beyond. A degree in Criminal Justice will open many doors, including some outside of the traditional criminal justice-related careers listed below. Careers with an asterisk (*) outline careers that require additional certifications or graduate school for entry-level positions. 

  • Animal Cruelty Investigator
  • Attorney*
  • Bail Enforcement Agent
  • Bailiff
  • Bar Association Investigator
  • Border Patrol Agent or Analyst
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Agent or Analyst
  • Cannabis Compliance Investigator
  • Case Manager
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Agent or Analyst
  • Claims Adjuster
  • Code Enforcement Officer
  • Community Outreach Specialist
  • Community Services Officer
  • Corporate Investigator
  • Corrections Officer
  • Court Clerk
  • Crime Analyst*
  • Crime Prevention Specialist
  • Crime Scene Technician
  • Criminal Investigator
  • Crisis Counselor
  • Deputy District Attorney*
  • Deputy Public Defender*
  • Deputy Sheriff
  • Detective
  • Diplomatic Security Special Agent
  • Drug Court Professional
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Agent or Analyst
  • Equal Opportunity Representative
  • Emergency Manager
  • Federal Air Marshal
  • Federal Aviation Administration Investigator
  • Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Agent or Analyst
  • Fingerprint Examiner/Latent Print Analyst
  • Fire Investigator
  • Fish and Game Warden
  • Fraud Investigator
  • Gang Alternative Outreach Specialist
  • Highway Patrol Officer or Dispatcher
  • Homeland Security Agent
  • Institutional Counselor
  • Insurance Investigator
  • Intelligence Analyst
  • Investigator
  • Juvenile Prohibition Officer
  • K-9 Officer or Deputy
  • Law Enforcement, Fire, or Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher
  • Lawyer*
  • Legal Support Professional
  • Loss Prevention Officer
  • Medicolegal Death Investigator
  • National Security Agency (NSA) Police Officer or Analyst
  • Non-profit professional
  • Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Investigator
  • Paralegal*
  • Parole Officer
  • Park Ranger
  • Police Officer
  • Post-secondary educator*
  • Private Investigator
  • Probation Officer
  • Public Defender/Defense Investigator
  • Records Specialist
  • Reentry Specialist
  • Secret Service Agent
  • Security Analyst
  • Security Officer or Operations Specialist
  • Sheriff
  • Social Worker*
  • Transit and Railroad Police Officer
  • Transportation Security Officer
  • Unhoused Person Outreach Specialist
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector
  • United States Marshal 
  • United States Postal Service Inspector
  • Victim-Witness Advocate
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Officer
  • Warden, Conservation and Corrections
  • Youth Programs Coordinator