The program offered by the Metropolitan State University of Denver has a substantial internship program that includes placements in probation and parole departments, public defender and district attorney offices, police departments, sheriff offices and other ancillary agencies such as halfway houses, safe houses and rape awareness and assistance programs.

Career prospects

As a Criminal Justice and Criminology graduate, you’ll have a wide range of career opportunities (some that require post graduate degrees) with the most common jobs being:

  • Police officers/detectives
  • Probation/parole officers
  • Victim advocates
  • Social service workers
  • Correctional officers
  • Youth workers
  • FBI/ATF/DEA agents
  • Lawyers
  • Judges