- MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore is offered as a 2-years program by the Department of Criminal Justice.
- This university is ranked #1,821 out of 2,576 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality, according to College Factual's 2022 analysis.
- It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
- The Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice (MCCJ) is a program designed to produce quality‐based and critically oriented scholars in criminology and criminal justice, with an in‐depth knowledge of the functioning of the criminal justice system.
- The Criminology and Criminal Justice Program is interdisciplinary and seeks qualified students with baccalaureate degrees in criminal justice and other disciplines as well as professionals in the field who desire to further their degrees in criminal justice.
- The program also prepares students for doctoral work in the discipline.
- Graduate education in Criminal Justice at UMES, the only such program on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, will be useful to criminal justice agencies in the state.
- Graduate education in the discipline has become the generally sought academic experience for optimum performance within the criminal justice system.
- Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice is to increase students’ knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research in criminology and criminal justice and provide them with the necessary skills to be effective researchers, program evaluators, consultants in the field, and users of existing criminological research data.
- The MS program consists of 30 credits.