Online Degrees and Programs at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice offers 61 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 12 major programs - 2 Bachelors, 4 Masters, and 6 Post-graduate Certificate.

The 2025 tuition & fees is $7,470 for New York residents and $15,420 for out-of-state students.

Total 2,362 students out of total 13,763 students have enrolled online exclusively. Last year, total 711 students have completed their degree/certificate program through distance learning.

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

2025 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2024-2025 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. For New York residents, the tuition & fees are $7,470 and $15,420 for non-New York residents. For graduate programs, the 2025 tuition & fees is $11,532 and $20,962 for out-of-state students.

The cost per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $305 for New York residents and $620 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $470 for New York residents and $855 for out-of-state students.

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Online Programs By Area of Study

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice offers 61 degree programs through Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 12 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 2 Bachelors, 4 Masters, 6 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters.

The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Majors and number of completers

The following tables show the offered programs by degree/certificate along with number of completers for each program last year.

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, there are 13,763 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 8,376 students were attending classes through distance learning (2,362 students are enrolled exclusively and 6,014 are enrolled in some online courses).

By location where enrolled students live, out of a total of 2,362 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 2,199 New York Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 0 students living in the U.S. States other than New York, and 0 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.

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